Перші люди на Місяці

Chapter 13 — Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions

           Certain!DidyoureallyunderstandwhatIproposed?Asteelcylinder—”

           “Rubbish!”saidCavor.

           Weceasedtoconverse.

           ForatimeCavorkeptupabrokenmonologuewithoutmuchhelpfromme.

           “Iftheyfindit,”hebegan,“iftheyfindit...whatwilltheydowithit?Well,that’saquestion.Itmaybethat’sthequestion.Theywon’tunderstandit,anyhow.Iftheyunderstoodthatsortofthingtheywouldhavecomelongsincetotheearth.Wouldthey?Whyshouldn’tthey?Buttheywouldhavesentsomething—theycouldn’tkeeptheirhandsoffsuchapossibility.No!Buttheywillexamineit.Clearlytheyareintelligentandinquisitive.Theywillexamineit—getinsideit—triflewiththestuds.Off!...Thatwouldmeanthemoonforusforalltherestofourlives.Strangecreatures,strangeknowledge....”

           “Asforstrangeknowledge—”saidI,andlanguagefailedme.

           “Lookhere,Bedford,”saidCavor,“youcameonthisexpeditionofyourownfreewill.”

           “Yousaidtome,‘Callitprospecting’.”

           “There’salwaysrisksinprospecting.”

           “Especiallywhenyoudoitunarmedandwithoutthinkingouteverypossibility.”

           “Iwassotakenupwiththesphere.Thethingrushedonus,andcarriedusaway.”

           “Rushedonme,youmean.”

           “Rushedonmejustasmuch.HowwasItoknowwhenIsettoworkonmolecularphysicsthatthebusinesswouldbringmehere—ofallplaces?”

           “It’sthisaccursedscience,”Icried.“It’stheveryDevil.ThemediævalpriestsandpersecutorswererightandtheModernsareallwrong.Youtamperwithit—anditoffersyougifts.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 105 з 256