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The grass beneath their feet was the thickest he had ever felt. He touched a boulder and found it furry with moss. With the wood and the reed choked bog, the whole place would be rich with various greens in the daylight. THE GRASS BENEATH THEIR FEET WAS THE THICKEST HE HAD EVER FELT HE TOUCHED A BOULDER AND FOUND IT FURRY WITH MOSS WITH THE WOOD AND THE REED CHOKED BOG THE WHOLE PLACE WOULD BE RICH WITH VARIOUS GREENS IN THE DAYLIGHT
I intend to get to the bottom of it. You'll be hearing from me, young man!" "All right," said David, closing the door. "And you'll be hearing from _us_," he added in an undertone, "if I know the Phoenix!" * * * * * Flying at night was colder than flying by day, but it was more thrilling, too. They whistled through an immense blackness. Stars glittered overhead, and quicksilver patches of moonlight and shadow flashed across the clouds below. They were going to Ireland, but why, David did not know. The Phoenix was playing its wait-and-see game again. In an hour or so they shot out over the edge of the cloud mass, and David could see a rocky coast below, dark and cold in the half-light. The Phoenix began to slant down toward it, and presently they landed in a little meadow. One side of the meadow ran down to a bog filled with reeds, and on the other side was a gloomy wood. Everything was dark and indistinct, but David thought he could tell why the Phoenix had called this the Emerald Isle. THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT ALL THIS AND I INTEND TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME YOUNG MAN ALL RIGHT SAID DAVID CLOSING THE DOOR AND YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM US HE ADDED IN AN UNDERTONE IF I KNOW THE PHOENIX FLYING AT NIGHT WAS COLDER THAN FLYING BY DAY BUT IT WAS MORE THRILLING TOO THEY WHISTLED THROUGH AN IMMENSE BLACKNESS STARS GLITTERED OVERHEAD AND QUICKSILVER PATCHES OF MOONLIGHT AND SHADOW FLASHED ACROSS THE CLOUDS BELOW THEY WERE GOING TO IRELAND BUT WHY DAVID DID NOT KNOW THE PHOENIX WAS PLAYING ITS WEIGHT AND SEA GAME AGAIN IN AN HOUR OR SO THEY SHOT OUT OVER THE EDGE OF THE CLOUD MASS AND DAVID COULD SEE A ROCKY COAST BELOW DARK AND COLD IN THE HALF LIGHT THE PHOENIX BEGAN TO SLANT DOWN TOWARD IT AND PRESENTLY THEY LANDED IN A LITTLE MEADOW ONE SIDE OF THE MEADOW RAN DOWN TO A BOG FILLED WITH REEDS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS A GLOOMY WOOD EVERYTHING WAS DARK AND INDISTINCT BUT DAVID THOUGHT HE COULD TELL WHY THE PHOENIX HAD CALLED THIS THE EMERALD ISLE
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