![]() “I am afraid so,” replied Duare, “but we must not leave before daylight. We could hear the sounds of men’s voices on ship and on shore, and on shore there were many lights. We could see the ghostly shapes of ships out beyond us, with here and there a light on them. We came at last to a point about a hundred yards off the palace, and here we waited. One can see faintly for a short distance. Only a mysterious, eerie light relieves the gloom of the nights so that they are not utterly black. ![]() Venus has no moon, and no stars are visible through her solid cloud blankets. I took to the water about a mile above the city and taxied slowly toward it, avoiding the galleys anchored in the roadstead of the city. ![]() The motor of our anotar is noiseless so I didn’t anticipate being discovered. Fortunately, we were on a fresh-water lake so we did not suffer from thirst and we were so happy to be together again and so contented to be temporarily safe that we did not notice the lack of food particularly.Īfter dark, we took off again, heading for Mypos. ![]() We could see fruits and nuts and berries growing on shore, but we could also see kloonobargan watching us from behind trees and bushes. We were not even threatened by any of the fearsome creatures which swarm the lakes and seas of Venus. IT WAS very peaceful on the waters of that little cove. ![]()
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