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Show -34- could get close to one of them - then I'd know if they're real!" Soon she did get close to another raft, but it, too, disappeared! "This is a nightmare," she whispered. "It can't be happening." She floated on her raft for several hours, not daring to talk to Verus, for she couldn't bear to be scolded. The figures floated all about her - sometimes disappearing, sometimes merging into each other like vapours in a wind. Finally, one figure came closer than the others. Sandy sat still, waiting for it also to disappear. It continued to come near until she could see the face clearly. Sandy's heart leapt to her throat, for there - on the other raft - sat Sandy! |