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Updated: July 23, 2025
And next second he had ducked under the bench, and thrust his head through the round hole, so that his skull was brought into contact with some of those padded thumb-screws. "Get the idea?" he finished. "It's a cranium-meter!" It did not take Smith long to reach the next conclusion. "Then," said he, "our friend Estra is connected with their school system.
"You have been with us scarcely ten hours," and the visitors stared at each other in amazement that so much time had passed; "scarcely ten hours, and here comes an announcement which, for over a hundred years, has been looked forward to with " He stopped abruptly. The doctor gently took him up: "'Looked forward to with' what, Estra?" Estra and Myrin considered this for perhaps three seconds.
Immediately every one in the place, with the exception of a single person in the lowest row, took flight in his or her little glass pew. In a moment the great vault overhead was fairly swarming with people; and in less than a minute the last of them had floated out through one of the arches in the walls. Estra opened a panel in the central cage, and admitted the Venusian who had stayed behind.
Next second he again quit the room. Myrin hesitated a moment, irresolute, and then followed him thoughtfully. They never saw her again. As for Estra, he came back in a moment carrying a small, white bundle, which stirred in his arms. He unhesitatingly handed the child to Billie.
His mouth moved soundlessly as a muffled shriek arose from the other end of the corridor; there was a thud, a metallic crash, and a great roar of voices. The mob had broken in, and up, through the back of the house. The first of the attackers thrust his head and shoulders into sight not ten feet away. Estra touched something with his foot, and a door shot across the corridor.
There was neither solemnity, sourness, nor bitterness to be seen anywhere; at the same time, there was no sign of levity. In every countenance was the same inexplicable mixture of wisdom and benevolence that distinguished Estra. Nowhere was there hostility, and nowhere was there crudity. Somehow, the big geologist would have felt more at home had he seen something antagonistic.
"That is why Estra and I are able to use your language; we have learned it together with an understanding of your lives and customs, by simply 'listening in. I may add that we are also able to use your eyes; we knew, directly, what you people looked like before you arrived. "Well, it is our ambition to visit, in spirit, every planet in the universe!
It consisted of a miniature head- telephone, connected to a small, metallic case the size of a cigar-box, the cover of which was a transparent diaphragm. Estra did not open the case, but showed the mechanism through the cover. "Essentially, this is a 'word-for-word' device," said he, pointing to a swiftly revolving dial within the box.
"Billie I'm sorry! I never thought!" A crack showed at the edge of the door, and a roar smote their ears. Estra backed to the window. "Go!" he shouted. "Go quickly, while you can!" Billie stood stock still, gazing at him. "I'm going to stay!" she screamed. "I'll take my chances with " He thrust her through the window.
They strode toward the large structure directly ahead. At its entrance a wide, square portal which opened into a fan-shaped lobby Estra paused and smiled apologetically as he mopped his forehead and upper lip with a paper handkerchief, which he immediately dropped into a small, trap- covered opening in the wall at his side.
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