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"
I
told
them
an
ironclad
could
fire
a
shot
of
a
ton
twelve
miles
,
and
go
through
20
feet
of
iron
--
and
how
we
could
steer
torpedoes
under
water
.
I
went
on
to
describe
a
Maxim
gun
in
action
,
and
what
I
could
imagine
of
the
Battle
of
Colenso
.
The
Grand
Lunar
was
so
incredulous
that
he
interrupted
the
translation
of
what
I
had
said
in
order
to
have
my
verification
of
my
account
.
They
particularly
doubted
my
description
of
the
men
cheering
and
rejoicing
as
they
went
into
battle
.
"'
But
surely
they
do
not
like
it
!
'
translated
Phi-oo
.
"
I
assured
them
men
of
my
race
considered
battle
the
most
glorious
experience
of
life
,
at
which
the
whole
assembly
was
stricken
with
amazement
.
"'
But
what
good
is
this
war
?
'
asked
the
Grand
Lunar
,
sticking
to
his
theme
.
"'
Oh
!
as
for
good
!
'
said
I
;
'
it
thins
the
population
!
'
"'
But
why
should
there
be
a
need
--
?
'
"
There
came
a
pause
,
the
cooling
sprays
impinged
upon
his
brow
,
and
then
he
spoke
again
.
"
At
this
point
a
series
of
undulations
that
have
been
apparent
as
a
perplexing
complication
as
far
back
as
Cavor
's
description
of
the
silence
that
fell
before
the
first
speaking
of
the
Grand
Lunar
become
confusingly
predominant
in
the
record
.
These
undulations
are
evidently
the
result
of
radiations
proceeding
from
a
lunar
source
,
and
their
persistent
approximation
to
the
alternating
signals
of
Cavor
is
curiously
suggestive
of
some
operator
deliberately
seeking
to
mix
them
in
with
his
message
and
render
it
illegible
.
At
first
they
are
small
and
regular
,
so
that
with
a
little
care
and
the
loss
of
very
few
words
we
have
been
able
to
disentangle
Cavor
's
message
;
then
they
become
broad
and
larger
,
then
suddenly
they
are
irregular
,
with
an
irregularity
that
gives
the
effect
at
last
of
some
one
scribbling
through
a
line
of
writing
.
For
a
long
time
nothing
can
be
made
of
this
madly
zigzagging
trace
;
then
quite
abruptly
the
interruption
ceases
,
leaves
a
few
words
clear
,
and
then
resumes
and
continues
for
the
rest
of
the
message
,
completely
obliterating
whatever
Cavor
was
attempting
to
transmit
.
Why
,
if
this
is
indeed
a
deliberate
intervention
,
the
Selenites
should
have
preferred
to
let
Cavor
go
on
transmitting
his
message
in
happy
ignorance
of
their
obliteration
of
its
record
,
when
it
was
clearly
quite
in
their
power
and
much
more
easy
and
convenient
for
them
to
stop
his
proceedings
at
any
time
,
is
a
problem
to
which
I
can
contribute
nothing
.
The
thing
seems
to
have
happened
so
,
and
that
is
all
I
can
say
.
This
last
rag
of
his
description
of
the
Grand
Lunar
begins
in
mid-sentence
.
"
...
interrogated
me
very
closely
upon
my
secret
.
I
was
able
in
a
little
while
to
get
to
an
understanding
with
them
,
and
at
last
to
elucidate
what
has
been
a
puzzle
to
me
ever
since
I
realised
the
vastness
of
their
science
,
namely
,
how
it
is
they
themselves
have
never
discovered
Cavorite
.
'
I
find
they
know
of
it
as
a
theoretical
substance
,
but
they
have
always
regarded
it
as
a
practical
impossibility
,
because
for
some
reason
there
is
no
helium
in
the
moon
,
and
helium
...
"
