The island lay less than two hundred paces from the south shore of the lake.

Was it the same one in which their island lay?

Here in this very region they built their cities, for at that time all these islands lay upon the ocean floor.

There was a little silence as the four children looked out over the bay to where the island lay in the distance.

They were surprisingly high and the whole island lay spread out below them.

And presently something did change: a cliff or an island lay ahead of them.

The island of Sicily lay over a hundred miles behind them.

The island lay just a little further down, shimmering in the water.

Due north lay the island, far out upon the shimmering sea.

The island itself lay in the light of the noonday sun.