The man was now writhing in agony, his limbs twisted all shapes as the muscles became unduly contracted, but still he would not give way. At last nature could bear it no longer; he tried to speak, but his lips were blue and motionless, and he made an effort to telepath. Slight as the effort was, Dennis felt it and, holding up his hand, said, “He’s done, Ross, stop it;” and the current being shut off the poor fellow released the cord and tumbled into an inert, exhausted heap. They revived him, then took him to one of the windows from which position he telepathed the course, and they hovered over the prison. Lower and lower they sank, and then the people saw the second demonstration of great and hidden power, for the _Regina_ was slowly reducing the weight of the prisons. The people below had, at the first sign of trouble, telepathed for the Earthian to be specially guarded, and Godfrey had been placed in an inner prison. This was a small square building with high walls having only one door and no window, and though practically impregnable, there was a strong guard completely encircling it. The first intimation of the matter being serious came when the roofs became so light that the walls could not retain them; they would not be held down, and one after another, with a series of wobbling jerks they tore away and floated off bodily, borne on the wind gently as butterflies. On the removal of that of the central building, they saw the inner guarded keep and Godfrey, who shouted up, “Good old chums! I knew you’d do something, but I didn’t expect this. Oh!” he cried, as he rose from the floor, “I’m coming up too, am I! well, I will, as you’re so pressing. It will be a little practice for me against the time when I become an angel. Steady!” as he collided gently with the top edge of the wall, and in another second he was soaring like a lark up to the _Regina_, waving his hands in farewell to the people below, telepathing his “hearty good wishes” and regretting he could not “stay to supper!” Resolved not to let their captive escape alive, the whole of the prison guard below levelled their weapons at him, and scores of deadly pellets came like a shower, but as they drew near his person, they also became proportionately light and floated beside him, their force being instantly spent; in consequence they were wafted harmlessly away on the breeze.