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As I looked at him I understood a remark which had been made by Aina to the effect that the Martians were not all alike, and that the peculiarities of their minds were imprinted on their faces and expressed in their forms in a very wonderful, and sometimes terrible manner.
'Now it is crawling on the table, cried Aina again. 'Blow it away! said the big sister. 'Tramp on it! laughed Otto. But Lisa took a raspberry leaf, swept the worm carefully on to the leaf and carried it out into the yard.
Their immunity was due to the fact that the position and elevation of the throne were such that, it was not within the range of fire of the electrical ships which had poured their vibratory discharges through the windows, and we inside had only directed our fire toward the warriors who had attacked us. Now that the struggle was over we turned our attention to Aina.
There's nothing on the hedge here that will throw light on your understanding!" With a leap Pelle was over the hedge. Manna took him hastily by the hand and drew him through the bushes. "Aina and Dolores will be here directly. Then we'll play," she declared. "I thought they couldn't come out in the evenings any more," said Pelle, obediently allowing her to lead him.
I think we all had the same impression, but as the event proved, we were mistaken. Suddenly one of the gigantic guards, as if actuated by a fit of ungovernable hatred, lifted his foot and kicked Aina. With a loud shriek she fell to the floor. The blow was so unexpected that for a second we all stood riveted to the spot.
Peering cautiously through the vistas in various directions, we ascertained our location with respect to the wall of the building. Like all the structures that we had seen on Mars, it was composed of polished red metal. Looking for an Entrance. "Where is the entrance?" inquired Mr. Edison, in a whisper. "Come softly this way, and look out for the sentinel," replied Aina.
Even in the extremity I saw Colonel Smith lifting the form of Aina, who had fainted, above the surface of the surging water, while Sydney Phillips stood by his side and aided him in supporting the unconscious girl. "We stayed a little too long," was the only sound I heard from Mr. Edison.
Every bush was weighted to the ground with the largest, dark red, ripe raspberries, such a wealth of berries as two little berry pickers had never found before! Lisa picked, Aina picked. Lisa ate, Aina ate, and in a little while their baskets were full. 'Now we shall go home, said Aina. 'No, let us gather a few more, said Lisa.
Accordingly the flagship was carefully brought further down in front of the entrance to the palace, which had been kept clear by the Martian guards, and while the remainder of the squadron assembled within a few feet directly over our heads with the disintegrators turned upon the palace and the crowd below. Mr. Edison and myself, accompanied by Aina, stepped out upon the ground.
Did you say," he continued, turning to Aina, "that the movement of the gates was all controlled from a single point?" The Great Power House. "Yes," said the girl. "How is the building protected?" "So completely," replied Aina, "that my only fear is that you may not be able to reach it.
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