Once more we had come to the open
sea.
The girls resumed their paddles, and now began to urge the canoe toward
one of two islands visible on the horizon about thirty miles apart.
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE MALE AND FEMALE ISLANDS
I was now able to demand an explanation for the cause of my abduction,
which I did with some warmth.
"In what way have I offended," I asked of the woman who had enticed me
on board the canoe, "that you should repay the trust I placed in you
with treachery? We came among you as friends, desiring nothing so much
as your goodwill. But you have treated me as an enemy, carried me away
from my ship, and separated me from my friends Take, heed, I am a man,
and have some strength. You are but women. Why, then, should I not
overpower you and return the way I came?"
"That is impossible," answered my captor. "None could make their way
back through the tunnel against the stream."
"At least, tell me then," I continued, "your name, for what purpose I
am brought here, and whither you are taking me."
"My name is Sylvia Cervantes," replied my captor, proudly. "As to why
you are brought here, ask the wise-ones whom you shall presently see.
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