Not a sound was heard from the vessel, not a tremor disturbed her poise, as she rose gently and regally like the Queen she was. When at the top of the shaft she paused, and in forced obedience to her silent will, the vessels that had previously occupied the shaft re-entered it and took up their former position exactly, their previous gravity being restored. The instant the last vessel had floated into place, all the ships were relieved of that mysterious tension that had stopped all movement, and there was heard the din of the screams of hundreds of motors, as the vessels started from where their movements had been arrested. As those on the upper planes rose and separated to follow the _Regina_ the lower ones were set free, and sailed out of the dangerous crush. A few minutes later the _Regina_ was surrounded by scores of inspecting ships, and as her lights were now out, her beautiful lines were the admiration of all. Still she stood, motionless as a dead body, so still and stately, with not a throb or tremor on her gigantic form, that the people became awed by the uncanny silence and the strange, mysterious power of gravity-control which she used so perfectly. So she stood, silent and dignified, her sides dazzlingly white in the paling twilight. Suddenly, the sun, which had not yet risen to those on the ground below, came into view at that high altitude, and a ray of sunlight caught the _Regina’s_ dome, and that same instant, as though it were the good-bye kiss from earth she had been waiting for, and was now satisfied, she rose; so slowly that she had gone above them before those around noticed it. Higher and higher she went, the ships gradually falling back as their utmost altitudes were reached, till at last only one remained and watched the _Regina_ mount higher and still higher till she became a mere speck, then was lost to view in the rapidly brightening sky, and the solitary attendant commenced its descent. At that moment a sheet of paper fluttered down from the _Regina_ close to the ship and there remained perfectly still, gently floating on the air as on water. Securing it they read,—“Good-bye! good luck. Keep an eye on us if possible. This is a souvenir of the _Regina_; may you be able to keep it!”