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Updated: July 23, 2025
"If the committeemen are entirely finished with their measurements," stated the unseen experimenter, "I would like to have the results compared with the recorded figures of Pario Camenol, who was born on the two hundred and fifteenth day of the year twenty-one thousand seven hundred and four." Another rest, and Estra said: "They are examining a boy who appears to be about twelve years of age."
He indicated two delicate, many-tentacled "feelers," as he called them, one on each face of the disk. One of these "felt" the proper word-image as it whirled beneath, while the other established an electrical contact with the corresponding waves beneath, at the same time exciting a complicated-looking talking machine. "That," commented Estra, "is not so easy to explain.
"You haven't done away with your oceans, too, have you?" the geologist asked, rather sarcastically. But he was scarcely prepared for the reply he got. "No; we couldn't get along without them, I am afraid. However, we did the best we could in their case." And without signaling to Estra she dove the machine towards the ground.
Like all the rest, it was of hopelessly irregular design, yet it had a large domed central portion which gave it the appearance of an auditorium; and the effect was further borne out by a subdued humming sound which seemed to come from it. Smith asked Estra if it were a hall. "Yes and no," was the answer. "It fills the purpose of a hall, but is not built on the hall plan."
Smith made out something like "Down with sex monopoly!" "Don't you see?" shouted Smith, above the din. "These people below are Estra's friends; those newcomers are backing Savarona! Get the idea?" he repeated. "If Estra wins out, the old boy with the fountain of youth will never get another boy baby to experiment on!" "What!" The doctor leaped to their sides.
Neither have we such a thing as 'the country, now. "My friends, Venus is simply one immense city." Somehow all four were unwilling to press this question. It did not seem possible that Estra was right, or, if he was, that they could possibly understand his explanation, should he give it.
You remember what this chap said about their lack of some of our chemicals. What do you think is it really safe to put ourselves entirely in their power?" "You mean," said the doctor slowly, "that they might try to keep us here rather than lose the cube?" Van Emmon nodded gravely, but Billie had strong objections. "Estra doesn't look like that sort," she declared vehemently.
"Are we to understand," she demanded of Estra, "that the whole of this planet is as densely populated as we see it?" "Just that," replied the Venusian. "Why not? The roof makes our climate uniform from pole to pole, while our buildings are such that, whether on land or on sea, they are equally livable." "But Estra!" expostulated the girl. "Venus is nearly as big as the earth.
There was something about the effeminate Venusian which irritated the big geologist; it always does make a strong man suspicious to see a weaker one show such self-confidence. Van Emmon drew the doctor and Billie aside, while Smith and Estra went on with the test. Said Van Emmon: "It just occurred to me that the cube might look pretty good to these people.
She turned in her chair all the chairs on Venus were pivoted, Estra said and touched a button in the wall at her hand. A panel slid noiselessly aside, and revealed a tiny buffet. At least, Billie labeled it a buffet, for want of a more accurate term.
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