With the Immortals Author:F. Marion Crawford Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III It was a warm evening in the latter part of May. Augustus had said nothing of the result of the experiments he had been making during the past wee... more »ks, intending to surprise the three ladies by showing them the astounding results of his work all at once. The party sat at dinner in the vaulted hall and talked upon indifferent subjects. " You seem to be revolutionising this part of the world, Augustus," said Diana. "I was walking on the rocks this afternoon with Gwendoline and it seemed as though you were preparing an immense show of fireworks." " Nothing to speak of," answered her brother; " I will show you after dinner." " You have not succeeded in getting those people to dinner whom we were talking about the other day, have you?" asked Gwendoline. "I thought the fireworks might be in their honour." " No, I am afraid they won't come for my asking. Perhaps if they got a word from you, my dear " " What oppressive weather !" remarked Lady Brenda. "I am sure there is going to be a thunderstorm." " I think so too," said Gwendoline. " I always feel the thunder before it comes. Is not it very warm for May? We might almost go out after dinner." " By all means, let us go out," assented Augustus. "I have something to show you. It is singularly oppressive, as you say—and yet the weather seems fine enough." "Did it never strike you that your experiments might have an effect on the weather?" asked Diana. " If one could find a means to affect the weather," Augustus replied, " one might produce rain and drought at will. No—I do not believe it has gone as far as that. If the currents I have produced were being discharged through the air their action might make some very slight local change. But they are not. Just now they are running off into accumulators l...« less