Several airships had for some days been hovering over the shed in the hope of finding out how the vessel was manipulated, and now, as she rose silently and steadily like some majestic thing of life, these watching craft drew nearer, telepathing the news that the _Regina_ had at last risen as though from the dead. Quickly others approached, but nothing was to be seen on the outside save her well-known form, her silver-like plates glistening in the moonlight. Higher and higher she rose, the other vessels also rising till they reached their limit and the air became so rarefied that their vanes could no longer meet the proper resistance. Then a strange thing happened, about which all the people had heard and read, but which needed to be seen to be appreciated fully; the great ship remained quite stationary, uninfluenced by gravity. Then she came a little lower and stopped; then again lower, as the owners were testing her condition. All the ships around were kept in position only by the full power of their motors, many slowly sinking, unable to sustain the high altitude; yet here was the _Regina_ actually repeating before their very eyes what had made her famous in history; actually playing with gravity, silent as a bird on its nest. Throughout all creation there seems to be instilled a dread of that which is not understood; and this awful stillness in mid-air quickly spread a great fear and dread amongst the craft around, and the watchers became first nervous, then alarmed and finally in a panic, when their motors suddenly stopped and the ships slowly sank, gradually becoming heavier till they nearly reached the earth, when each occupant received this message, telepathed from the _Regina_: “We are proving to you that the _Regina_ can overcome gravity, and we could force you disintegrated through the earth to your destruction. In one minute from now, your weight will be made normal, so prepare your vanes and motors for the plane you are now in, lest your machinery break and you shoot upward to the plane you left on the release of pressure.” True to promise the ships found themselves released, and most of them sailed away to what they considered a safe distance, but they were brought back by the _Regina_, then let go again, as her repulsive forces were reversed and became attractive.