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Yet, behind her remark there was a certain wistfulness which the doctor did not overlook. Yes, the four felt that they were very well acquainted with Capellette. But the most amazing part of the whole proposition was yet to be discovered. It was not until after nearly two weeks of daily investigation, in fact, that the whole astonishing truth of the matter was uncovered. It came through Billie.
Van Emmon was so good as to blame me for what I did in that Capellette mix-up; now, if you please, I'm going to see to it that this one, anyhow, works itself out without our interference! "Well, I'll be darned!" The geologist looked again, to make sure it was really his wife who had been talking thus. "I'm mighty glad to know that you're not intending to warn Supreme, anyhow!"
And I've been helping him study geography." "Well?" eagerly. "Very simple. Capellete is a double world!" "Double!" "Yes! There are two globes, instead of one. They're twins, and Siamese twins at that!" "Just imagine the earth and Venus of the same size, and so near to one another that their combined gravity has brought them together! That's Capellette!
Roughly, I should say that the planet's diameter, at the place where I saw the clock, is fifty per cent greater than at the point where Van's agent is located; maybe ten thousand miles in its greatest diameter, Capellette.
"Because the fittest have survived, on Capellette as elsewhere. These commissioners are the fittest." The doctor nodded gravely. "True enough, Van. But the point I want to make is, the commissioners have put an end to the processes of evolution. They won't allow progress. They stopped all that a century ago. "Friend, Capellette is a world that has given up. It has quit!"
"He blames me, of course, because of what I did to help the Devolutionist. But I can't be blamed for sympathizing with the under dog, can I? I've always preferred justice to policy, any time. Justice first, I say! And I think we've seen there on Capellette how utterly impossible it is for any such system as theirs to last indefinitely."
The people of Capellette never tried to work out such a thing as an automobile; why should they, with the birds to imitate, and extra dense air all about them? "I think we have found the key." The doctor cogitated for a second or two. "However, let's consider that schoolroom a bit. It was in no way different from what you will find on the earth right now. Why?" Smith had a notion.
I call her a mystery, for the time being. "As for the planet itself of course, the people simply refer to it as the earth, or some term which translates that way to us. We need a name for it. What shall we call her this daughter of Capella's?" "Capellette," from Billie promptly. "Fine!" The other two looked their approval. "Now, we are ready to analyze things.
"He blames me, of course, because of what I did to help the Devolutionist. But I can't be blamed for sympathizing with the under dog, can I? I've always preferred justice to policy, any time. Justice first, I say! And I think we've seen there on Capellette how utterly impossible it is for any such system as theirs to last indefinitely."
Of course, the four still had the ability to communicate with each other while in the trance state; they had developed this power to a fair degree while investigating Capellette. However, each was so deeply interested in what he or she was seeing during the first hour of their Sanusian experiences that neither thought to discuss the matter until afterward.
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