neck. These were all that he required. Each
stone weighed about thirty pounds. One of these he tied around one foot;
he saturated the sponge with oil, so as to use it to inhale air beneath
the water; and then, standing on the edge of the boat and flinging his
arms straight up over his head, he leaped into the water and went down
feet foremost.

Over the smooth water the ripples flowed from the spot where Asgeelo had
disappeared, extending in successive concentric circles, and radiating
in long undulations far and wide. Louis and Frank waited in deep
wordnetfear. Asgeelo remained long beneath the water, but to them the time
seemed frightful in its duration. Profound  began to mingle with
the wordnetfear, for wordnetfear lest the faithful servant in his  had
over-rated his powers--lest the disuse of his early practice had
weakened his skill--lest the  bound to his foot had dragged him
down and kept him there forever.

At last, when the wordnetfear had become intolerable and the two had
already begun to exchange glances almost of , a plash was heard,
and Asgeelo emerged far to the right. He struck out strongly toward the
boat, which was at once rowed toward him. In a few minutes he was taken
in. He did not appear to be much