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knowledge all about�察�and the stir´ rings of a new love�察�while Heru herself�察�

lapsed again into Martian calm�察�lay half sleeping on my shoulder�察�but pre´ 

sently�察�unwinding her arms�察�I put her down。 

     ;There�察  �sweetheart�察─  �I   whispered�察   �enough   of   this   for   the   moment�察�

tonight�察�perhaps�察�some more�察�but while we are here amongst all this lordly 

litter�察�I can think of nothing else。; Again I bid her turn the pages�察�noting as 

she did so how each chapter was headed by the coloured configuration of 

a world。      Page by page we turned of crackling parchment�察�until by chance�察�

at   the   top   of   one�察  �my   eye   caught   a   coloured   round   I   could   not   fail   to 

recognise'twas        the   spinning      but´   ton    on   the   blue    breast    of   the 

immeasurable that yesterday I inhabited。                ;Read here�察─�I cried�察�clapping 

my   finger   upon   the   page   midway   down�察  �where   there   were   some   signs 

looking like Egyptian writing。            ;Says this quaint dabbler in all knowledge 

anything of Isis�察�anything of Phra�察�of Am´ mon�察�of Ammon Top�拭─�

     ;And who was Isis�拭�who Ammon Top�拭─�asked the lady。 

     ;Nay�察�read�察─�I answered�察�and down the page her slender fingers went 

awandering   till   at   a   spot   of   knotted   signs   they   stopped。   ;Why�察  �here   is 

something   about   thy   Isis�察─  �ex´   claimed   Heru�察  �as   though   amused   at   my 

perspicuity。      ;Here�察�halfway down this chapter of earth´history�察�it says�察─�

and   putting   one   pink   knee   across   the   other   to   better   prop   the   book   she 

read�此�

     ;And the priests of Thebes were gone�察�the sand stood un´ trampled on 

the    temple    steps   a   thousand     years�察   �the  wild    bees   sang    the   song    of 

desolation   in   the   ears   of   Isis�察  �the   wild   cats   littered   in   the   stony   lap   of 

Ammon�察  �ay�察  �another   thou´   sand   years   went   by�察  �and   earth   was   tilled   of 

unseen hands and sown with yellow grain from Paradise�察�and the thin veil 



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that separates the known from the unknown was rent�察�and men walked to 

and fro。; 

     ;Go on�察─�I said。 

     ;Nay�察─�laughed the other�察 �the little mice in their eager´ ness have been 

before yousee�察�all this corner is gnawed away。; 

     ;Read      on   again�察─  �I  said�察   �where     the  page    is  whole�察   �those    sips  of 

knowledge you have given make me thirsty for more。 There�察�begin where 

this blazonry of initialed red and gold looks so like the carpet spread by 

the scribe for the feet of a sovereign truthwhat says he here�拭─                   �And she�察�

half pouting to be set back once more to that task�察�half won´ dering as she 

gazed on those magic letters�察�let her eyes run down the page�察�then began�此�

     ;And   it   was   the   Beginning�察  �and   in   the   centre   void   pres´   ently   there 

came   a   nucleus   of   light�此  �and   the   light   brightened   in   the   grey   primeval 

morning and became definite and articulate。                  And from the midst of that 

natal    splendour�察     �behind     which     was    the   Unknowable�察        �the   life  came 

hitherward�察  �from   the   midst   of   that   nucleus   undescribed�察  �undescribable�察�

there issued presently the primeval sigh that breathed the breath of life into 

all   things。     And     that   sigh   thrilled   through     the   empty     spaces    of   the 

illimitable�此�it   breathed the breath of promise   over the   frozen hills   of   the 

outside planets where the night´frost had lasted without beginning�此�and the 

waters   of   ten   thousand   nameless   oceans�察 �girding   nameless   planets�察  �were 

stirred�察  �trembling   into      their   depth。   It   crossed   the    il´   limitable   spaces 

where   the   herding   aerolites   swirl   forever   through   space   in   the   wake   of 

careering      world�察    �and    all  their   whistling     wings     answered      to   it。   It 

reverberated   through   the   grey   wastes   of   vacuity�察  �and   crossed   the   dark 

oceans      of  the   Outside�察   �even    to  the   black    shores    of  the   eternal   night 

beyond。 

     ;And hardly  had   echo   of   that   breath   died   away  in   the   hollow  of   the 

heavens and the empty wombs of a million barren worlds�察�when the light 

brightened again�察  �and draw´ ing   in   upon itself became   definite   and took 

form�察�and therefrom�察�at the moment of primitive conception�察�there came; 

     And   just   then�察  �as   she   had   read   so   far   as   that�察  �when   all   my   faculties 

were   aching   to   know   what   came   next   whether   this   were   but   the   idle 

scribbling of   a  vacuous   fool�察 �or   something   elsethere   rose   the   sound   of 



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soft flutes and tinkling bells in the corridors�察�as seneschals wandered pip´ 

ing   round   the   palace   to   call   folk   to   meals�察  �a   smell   of   roast   meat   and 

grilling fish as that procession lifted the curtains between the halls�察�and 

     ;Dinner� ─  �shouted   my   sweet   Martian�察  �slapping   the   cov´   ers   of   The 

Secret of the Gods together and pushing the stately tome headlong from 

the    table。   ;Dinner�       �'Tis   worth    a  hundred     thousand     planets    to  the 

hungry� ─�

     Nothing I could say would keep her�察�and�察�scarcely know´ ing whether 

to   laugh   or   to   be   angry   at   so   unseemly   an   interruption�察  �but   both   being 

purposeless      I  dug   my    hands    into  my    pockets�察   �and   somewhat      sulkily 

refusing Heru's invita´ tion to luncheon in the corridor ��Navy rations had 

not fitted my stomach for these constant debauches of gos´ samer food���察�

strolled into the town again in no very pleasant frame of mind。 



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                              CHAPTER VII 



     It   was   only   at   moments   like   these   I   had   any   time   to   reflect   on   my 

circumstances or that giddy chance which had shot me into space in this 

fashion�察�and�察�frankly�察�the opportunities�察�when they did come�察�brought such 

an extraordinary de´ pressing train of thought�察�I by no means invited them。 

Even   with   the   time   available   the   occasion   was   always   awry   for      such 

reflection。     These     dainty   triflers  made    sulking   as   impossible    amongst 

them as philosophy in a ballroom。             When I stalked out like that from the 

library   in   fine   mood   to   moralise   and   apostrophise   heaven   in   a   way   that 

would no doubt have looked fine upon these pages�察�one sprightly dam´ sel�察�
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