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Rh But why should there be a need?

"There came a pause, the cooling sprays impinged upon his brow, and then he spoke again."

"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