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restorative--I forget the name of it--he had brought with us. After a
time I felt a little better. I began to stretch my limbs carefully. Soon
I could talk.
"
It wouldn't have done," I said, as though there had been no interval.
No! it wouldn't."
"
He thought, his hands hanging over his knees. He peered through the glass
and then stared at me.
"
"
Good Lord!" he said. "No!"
What has happened?" I asked after a pause. "Have we jumped to the
tropics?"
"
It was as I expected. This air has evaporated--if it is air. At any
rate, it has evaporated, and the surface of the moon is showing. We are
lying on a bank of earthy rock. Here and there bare soil is exposed. A
queer sort of soil!"
It occurred to him that it was unnecessary to explain. He assisted me into
a sitting position, and I could see with my own eyes.
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