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We
did
that
,
and
finding
it
ineffectual
,
attempted
an
imitation
of
the
Selenites
'
movements
.
That
seemed
to
interest
them
.
At
any
rate
they
all
set
up
the
same
movement
.
But
as
that
seemed
to
lead
to
nothing
,
we
desisted
at
last
and
so
did
they
,
and
fell
into
a
piping
argument
among
themselves
.
Then
one
of
them
,
shorter
and
very
much
thicker
than
the
others
,
and
with
a
particularly
wide
mouth
,
squatted
down
suddenly
beside
Cavor
,
and
put
his
hands
and
feet
in
the
same
posture
as
Cavor
's
were
bound
,
and
then
by
a
dexterous
movement
stood
up
.
"
Cavor
,
"
I
shouted
,
"
they
want
us
to
get
up
!
"
He
stared
open-mouthed
.
"
That
's
it
!
"
he
said
.
And
with
much
heaving
and
grunting
,
because
our
hands
were
tied
together
,
we
contrived
to
struggle
to
our
feet
.
The
Selenites
made
way
for
our
elephantine
heavings
,
and
seemed
to
twitter
more
volubly
.
As
soon
as
we
were
on
our
feet
the
thick-set
Selenite
came
and
patted
each
of
our
faces
with
his
tentacles
,
and
walked
towards
the
open
doorway
.
That
also
was
plain
enough
,
and
we
followed
him
.
We
saw
that
four
of
the
Selenites
standing
in
the
doorway
were
much
taller
than
the
others
,
and
clothed
in
the
same
manner
as
those
we
had
seen
in
the
crater
,
namely
,
with
spiked
round
helmets
and
cylindrical
body-cases
,
and
that
each
of
the
four
carried
a
goad
with
spike
and
guard
made
of
that
same
dull-looking
metal
as
the
bowls
.
These
four
closed
about
us
,
one
on
either
side
of
each
of
us
,
as
we
emerged
from
our
chamber
into
the
cavern
from
which
the
light
had
come
.
We
did
not
get
our
impression
of
that
cavern
all
at
once
.
Our
attention
was
taken
up
by
the
movements
and
attitudes
of
the
Selenites
immediately
about
us
,
and
by
the
necessity
of
controlling
our
motion
,
lest
we
should
startle
and
alarm
them
and
ourselves
by
some
excessive
stride
.
In
front
of
us
was
the
short
,
thick-set
being
who
had
solved
the
problem
of
asking
us
to
get
up
,
moving
with
gestures
that
seemed
,
almost
all
of
them
,
intelligible
to
us
,
inviting
us
to
follow
him
.
His
spout-like
face
turned
from
one
of
us
to
the
other
with
a
quickness
that
was
clearly
interrogative
.
For
a
time
,
I
say
,
we
were
taken
up
with
these
things
.
But
at
last
the
great
place
that
formed
a
background
to
our
movements
asserted
itself
.
It
became
apparent
that
the
source
of
much
,
at
least
,
of
the
tumult
of
sounds
which
had
filled
our
ears
ever
since
we
had
recovered
from
the
stupefaction
of
the
fungus
was
a
vast
mass
of
machinery
in
active
movement
,
whose
flying
and
whirling
parts
were
visible
indistinctly
over
the
heads
and
between
the
bodies
of
the
Selenites
who
walked
about
us
.
And
not
only
did
the
web
of
sounds
that
filled
the
air
proceed
from
this
mechanism
,
but
also
the
peculiar
blue
light
that
irradiated
the
whole
place
.
We
had
taken
it
as
a
natural
thing
that
a
subterranean
cavern
should
be
artificially
lit
,
and
even
now
,
though
the
fact
was
patent
to
my
eyes
,
I
did
not
really
grasp
its
import
until
presently
the
darkness
came
.
The
meaning
and
structure
of
this
huge
apparatus
we
saw
I
can
not
explain
,
because
we
neither
of
us
learnt
what
it
was
for
or
how
it
worked
.
One
after
another
,
big
shafts
of
metal
flung
out
and
up
from
its
centre
,
their
heads
travelling
in
what
seemed
to
me
to
be
a
parabolic
path
;
each
dropped
a
sort
of
dangling
arm
as
it
rose
towards
the
apex
of
its
flight
and
plunged
down
into
a
vertical
cylinder
,
forcing
this
down
before
it
.
About
it
moved
the
shapes
of
tenders
,
little
figures
that
seemed
vaguely
different
from
the
beings
about
us
.
As
each
of
the
three
dangling
arms
of
the
machine
plunged
down
,
there
was
a
clank
and
then
a
roaring
,
and
out
of
the
top
of
the
vertical
cylinder
came
pouring
this
incandescent
substance
that
lit
the
place
,
and
ran
over
as
milk
runs
over
a
boiling
pot
,
and
dripped
luminously
into
a
tank
of
light
below
.
It
was
a
cold
blue
light
,
a
sort
of
phosphorescent
glow
but
infinitely
brighter
,
and
from
the
tanks
into
which
it
fell
it
ran
in
conduits
athwart
the
cavern
.
Thud
,
thud
,
thud
,
thud
,
came
the
sweeping
arms
of
this
unintelligible
apparatus
,
and
the
light
substance
hissed
and
poured
.
At
first
the
thing
seemed
only
reasonably
large
and
near
to
us
,
and
then
I
saw
how
exceedingly
little
the
Selenites
upon
it
seemed
,
and
I
realised
the
full
immensity
of
cavern
and
machine
.
I
looked
from
this
tremendous
affair
to
the
faces
of
the
Selenites
with
a
new
respect
.
I
stopped
,
and
Cavor
stopped
,
and
stared
at
this
thunderous
engine
.
