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to see why we had not advanced.
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What is that beyond there?" I asked.
I can't see."
We can't cross this at any price," said I.
I could not go three steps on it," said Cavor, "even with my hands free."
We looked at each other's drawn faces in blank consternation.
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They can't know what it is to be giddy!" said Cavor.
It's quite impossible for us to walk that plank."
I don't believe they see as we do. I've been watching them. I wonder if
they know this is simply blackness for us. How can we make them
understand?"
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Anyhow, we must make them understand."
I think we said these things with a vague half hope the Selenites might
somehow understand. I knew quite clearly that all that was needed was an
explanation. Then as I saw their faces, I realised that an explanation was
impossible. Just here it was that our resemblances were not going to
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