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Moreover, a number of comets and swarms of meteoric stones or meteorites are circulating round the sun in eccentric paths, which cross those of the planets. Such is the solar system a lonely archipelago in the ethereal ocean a little family of worlds." "Not without its jars, I'm afraid." "The sun is chief of the clan," continued Gazen, "and keeps it together by the mysterious tie of gravitation.
I am afraid his performance must have appeared slightly ludicrous to the Venusians, for one or two of the younger girls had some difficulty in keeping their gravity. On a hint from the Elder the young people retired to their places, leaving their offerings upon the ground. "They don't intend to starve us at all events," muttered Gazen to me, in an undertone.
I am glad to say that Professor Gazen, having taken part in one of these, had got the better of his caution, and finally made up his mind to join the expedition. I suspect that he was influenced in his decision by the heroic example of Miss Carmichael.
They seem to consist partly of glowing vapours, especially hydrogen, and partly of meteoric stones. 'Shooting stars, that is to say, stones which fall to the earth, are known to swarm in their wake, and are believed to be as plentiful in space as fishes in the sea." "The trash or leavings of creation," said I reflectively. "And the raw material, for nothing is lost," rejoined Gazen.
"You knew I had made up my mind to stay in Venus. I took you into my confidence and told you about my love affair. Why have you betrayed that confidence, and kidnapped me like a slave or a lunatic?" "Hear me, old friend," said Gazen softly. "We have all noticed a decided change in you of late ever since the day of the ceremony on the island.
"If I'm not mistaken it is what our artists call the 'line of beauty," observed Gazen. "Oh, indeed!" responded Otāré, with pleased surprise. "Well, with us it is a symbol of the continuous unfolding of things; the graceful progress of development." "So the path of evolution is the 'line of beauty," said the professor.
His back was towards us, and as we floated past the professor shouted in a tone loud enough for him to hear, "Good evening, sir." The native started, and lifting his eyes to the car beheld it with astonishment and awe. He raised his hands in the air, then dropped them by his side, and sank upon his knees. "That's a good sign," said Gazen with a grim smile. "I wonder if he understands English.
After all my vows of eternal fidelity, uttered as they had been in that sacred spot, I had sneaked away like a thief in the night. "I shall go back to Venus," said I, in a determined manner. "Tut, tut," said Gazen, with a good-natured smile; "you had better give up that idea. You are clearly the victim of hypnotic influence of suggestion.
The French would set up a claim for 'Ancient Lights. The Germans would discover a nebulous Hinterland under their protection. The Americans would protest in the name of the Monroe Doctrine. It is necessary to be modest. Let us return to our muttons." "Everybody will be able to pick a world that suits him," pursued Gazen, still on the trail of his thought.
A million years quotha! nay, not so much. It depends on the speed and the direction taken. If they were able to cover, say, the distance from Liverpool to New York in a tenth of a second, they would get to Alpha in the constellation Centaur, perhaps the nearest of the fixed stars, in twenty or thirty years a mere bagatelle. But why should we stop there?" went on Gazen.
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