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"
Precisely
,
"
he
said
.
"
A
huge
fountain
--
"
"
Spouting
into
space
!
Good
heavens
!
Why
,
it
would
have
squirted
all
the
atmosphere
of
the
earth
away
!
It
would
have
robbed
the
world
of
air
!
It
would
have
been
the
death
of
all
mankind
!
That
little
lump
of
stuff
!
"
"
Not
exactly
into
space
,
"
said
Cavor
,
"
but
as
bad
--
practically
.
It
would
have
whipped
the
air
off
the
world
as
one
peels
a
banana
,
and
flung
it
thousands
of
miles
.
It
would
have
dropped
back
again
,
of
course
--
but
on
an
asphyxiated
world
!
From
our
point
of
view
very
little
better
than
if
it
never
came
back
!
"
I
stared
.
As
yet
I
was
too
amazed
to
realise
how
all
my
expectations
had
been
upset
.
"
What
do
you
mean
to
do
now
?
"
I
asked
.
"
In
the
first
place
if
I
may
borrow
a
garden
trowel
I
will
remove
some
of
this
earth
with
which
I
am
encased
,
and
then
if
I
may
avail
myself
of
your
domestic
conveniences
I
will
have
a
bath
.
This
done
,
we
will
converse
more
at
leisure
.
It
will
be
wise
,
I
think
"
--
he
laid
a
muddy
hand
on
my
arm
--
"
if
nothing
were
said
of
this
affair
beyond
ourselves
.
I
know
I
have
caused
great
damage
--
probably
even
dwelling-houses
may
be
ruined
here
and
there
upon
the
country-side
.
But
on
the
other
hand
,
I
can
not
possibly
pay
for
the
damage
I
have
done
,
and
if
the
real
cause
of
this
is
published
,
it
will
lead
only
to
heartburning
and
the
obstruction
of
my
work
.
One
can
not
foresee
everything
,
you
know
,
and
I
can
not
consent
for
one
moment
to
add
the
burthen
of
practical
considerations
to
my
theorising
.
Later
on
,
when
you
have
come
in
with
your
practical
mind
,
and
Cavorite
is
floated
--
floated
is
the
word
,
is
n't
it
?
--
and
it
has
realised
all
you
anticipate
for
it
,
we
may
set
matters
right
with
these
persons
.
But
not
now
--
not
now
.
If
no
other
explanation
is
offered
,
people
,
in
the
present
unsatisfactory
state
of
meteorological
science
,
will
ascribe
all
this
to
a
cyclone
;
there
might
be
a
public
subscription
,
and
as
my
house
has
collapsed
and
been
burnt
,
I
should
in
that
case
receive
a
considerable
share
in
the
compensation
,
which
would
be
extremely
helpful
to
the
prosecution
of
our
researches
.
But
if
it
is
known
that
I
caused
this
,
there
will
be
no
public
subscription
,
and
everybody
will
be
put
out
.
Practically
I
should
never
get
a
chance
of
working
in
peace
again
.
My
three
assistants
may
or
may
not
have
perished
.
That
is
a
detail
.
If
they
have
,
it
is
no
great
loss
;
they
were
more
zealous
than
able
,
and
this
premature
event
must
be
largely
due
to
their
joint
neglect
of
the
furnace
.
If
they
have
not
perished
,
I
doubt
if
they
have
the
intelligence
to
explain
the
affair
.
They
will
accept
the
cyclone
story
.
And
if
during
the
temporary
unfitness
of
my
house
for
occupation
,
I
may
lodge
in
one
of
the
untenanted
rooms
of
this
bungalow
of
yours
--
"
He
paused
and
regarded
me
.
A
man
of
such
possibilities
,
I
reflected
,
is
no
ordinary
guest
to
entertain
.
"
Perhaps
,
"
said
I
,
rising
to
my
feet
,
"
we
had
better
begin
by
looking
for
a
trowel
,
"
and
I
led
the
way
to
the
scattered
vestiges
of
the
greenhouse
.
