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The Giddy Bridge |
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JUST for a moment that hostile pause endured. I suppose that both we and the Selenites did some very rapid thinking. My clearest impression was that there was nothing to put my back against, and that we were bound to be surrounded and killed. The overwhelming folly of our presence there loomed over me in black, enormous reproach. Why had I ever launched my self on this mad, inhuman expedition? Cavor came to my side and laid his hand on my arm. His pale and terrified face was ghastly in the blue light. "We can't do anything," he said. "It's a mistake. They don't understand. We must go. As they want us to go." I looked down at him, and then at the fresh Selenites who were coming to help their fellows. "If I had my hands free - " "It's no use," he panted. "No." "We'll go." And he turned about and led the way in the direction that had been indicated for us. |
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