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' To this True World , as you call it , we come to die , '
it dies when it changes into a tigerfly . ' ' You are still
as we are . Some may be born right . '
babies may be born with wings . ' The Captive with
the boneless arms added , ' Some may be born wrong ,
' You see . You needed them no more . You are still
Haris had trampled on his . It was unthinkable !
young . You may be able to have babies . Some of those
in life . To know is also good . Because we cannot move
is good and knows these things .
' You are too foul to live ! ' Haris growled . ' Why are
itself and declared , ' To be a good shape is not all
Chief Captive said . Suddenly his second head roused
well we can - think . This tribe of the True World
you not killed ? ' ' Because we know all things , ' the
at last . ' We do . ' ' Then why are you captives ? '
spoke for the first time .
Captives rule the True World ? ' Lily-yo asked
muttered together . ' Do you say that you poor
So it lets us rule it . ' Flor and Lily-yo
The flyman with ear lobes and thumbs connected ,
making his perpetual little gesture of protest ,
think and plan and know . Those who know
command the knives of others . ' ' No hurt will
are slaves to it . Only an outcast is free . Because
' To rule is to serve , woman . Those who bear power
' You will live among us and enjoy your life free
from harm . '
we are Captives , we have the time to talk and
come to you , Lily-yo , ' Band Appa Bondi added .
Flor - this other man creature is plainly useless -
here at a good time . Memories of the Heavy World
and its savage life are still fresh in you .
' Before she can enjoy , Lily-yo and her companion
' No ! ' the Chief Captive said with both mouths .
must help our great plan . ' ' The invasion ? ' Bondi
asked . ' What else ? Flor and Lily-yo , you arrive
gasped Flor . ' Yes . We plan to attack the Heavy
World . You must help to lead our force . ' The long
We need such memories . So we ask you to go
afternoon of eternity wore on , that long golden road
of an afternoon that would somewhere lead to
back there on a great plan we have . ' ' Go back ? '
everlasting night .
new flesh and tendon strengthened . To sail up in the
with their wings soon died away as the wonderful
and Haris there were many events . Chief of these was
had no place here .
flopping movements of flymen on the Heavy World
light gravity became an increasing delight - the ugly
Motion there was , but motion without event - except
for those negligible events that seemed so large to
the creatures participating in them . For Lily-yo , Flor
that they learned to fly properly . The pains associated
prepared to place complete reliance .
his own life , but Geoffrey's as well , to a strange girl
than a couple of telephone calls he was
been inclined to regard women as something
career . Now he realised that he was entrusting not only
which must necessarily be subordinated to his
whom he had never met and on whom after no more
Alastair was a bachelor . All his life he had
obvious that she did not fail to appreciate the
was prepared to accept the responsibility .
faith which he was placing in her and
It was a novel experience . Alastair was
quite unable to explain why he should feel
she checked back her instructions . It was
so much confidence in her . Once again
be waiting for you at the Hotel Roma at six this
both at midnight . " They might have been
uneventful life had he come across a girl who
evening - and I shall look forward to meeting you
sounded so charming and appeared to be so
arranging a supper party . Then she rang off .
efficient .
" Good luck , Air Marshal , " she said gently . " I 'll
Alastair admitted that never in a not altogether
below , was not recognisable among the host
of lower peaks . The screen of the air-to-air
For some reason the orderlies had forgotten
capped summit of Mont Blanc , seven miles
no permanent image .
to switch on the lights ; there was no colour -
physical features were distinguishable solely by
flickered across its surface , but there was
radar glowed . Occasionally minute spots
gradations of silvery greyness . Even the snow-
ground immediately ahead .
make a direct comparison between the radar
left , Milan . The directional angle of the
turned the scale slowly to cover the
image and the ground itself . Ahead lay the
In the exceptional clarity he was even able to
scanner could be adjusted to cover any
particular area within its range . Geoffrey
Plain of Lombardy ; to the right , Turin ; to the
naked eye , obscured by the ground haze which even
at the speed recorder . It seemed almost incredible that
the tiny white figure of 8.5 against which the needle