Haven't you brought anything to read?"

Good Lord! No."

I forgot to tell you. There are uncertainties-- The voyage may last--

We may be weeks!"

But--"

We shall be floating in this sphere with absolutely no occupation."

I wish I'd known--"

He peered out of the manhole. "Look!" he said. "There's something

there!"

"Is there time?"

"We shall be an hour."

I looked out. It was an old number of Tit-Bits that one of the men must

have brought. Farther away in the corner I saw a torn Lloyd's News. I

scrambled back into the sphere with these things. "What have you got?" I

said.

I took the book from his hand and read, "The Works of William

The First Men In The Moon