Such was bee efficiency--and sentiment.
The doctor had impressed Rolla with the fact that she would find the
desired stone in a mountainous country. Cunora, however, was for
examining every rock she came to; Rolla was continually passing
judgment upon some specimen.
"Nay," said she, for the hundredth time. "Tis a very bright stone we
seek, very small and very shiny, like sunlight on the water. I shall
know it when I see it, and I shall see it not until we reach the
mountains." Soon Cunora's impatience wore off, and the two
concentrated upon making time. By midday they were well into the
hills, following the course of a very dry creek; and now they kept a
sharp lookout at every step.
Van Emmon and Smith had similarly impressed Corrus and Dulnop with
the result that there was no loss of time in the beginning. The two
men reached the hills on their side of the valley an hour before the
women reached theirs.
And thus the search began, the strangest search, beyond a doubt,
within the history of the universe.
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