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streets of Havatoo toward the Kantum Lat and the Gate of the
Physicists.
We had gone about two miles of the three that we must cover before
we reached our destination when I heard an ominous sound such as I
had never before heard in Havatoo. It sounded like the wailing of
sirens such as are used on police cars in the large cities of America.
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Instantly I knew that it was an alarm, and I guessed that the man who
had entered the house of Hara Es had discovered her and that our
escape was known.
Closer and closer came the sounds of the wailing sirens as I drew up
before the hangar where my plane stood; they seemed to be
converging upon us from all directions. I was not surprised that they
should have guessed where they would find us, for it would have been
obvious to even duller minds than those of Havatoo that here lay my
only chance to escape.
Fairly dragging Duare with me, I leaped from the car and ran into the
hangar. The great doors, operated by mechanical means, rolled open
at the touch of a button. I lifted Duare into the cockpit. She asked no
questions; there was no time for questions.
Then I took my place at her side. I had designed the plane for training
purposes; and it had two seats, each accommodating two people. I
started the motor--and such a motor! Silent, vibrationless, and it
required no warming up.
I taxied out into the Kantum Lat. The sirens were very close now. I
saw the lights of cars bearing down upon us. As I started toward the
Gate of the Physicists I heard the staccato hum of Amtorian rifles
behind us. They were firing at us!
I nosed up; the wheels left the ground; the great gate loomed directly
ahead. Up! Faster! Faster! I held my breath. Would we make it?
Responding perfectly, the light ship climbed almost vertically in the
last few seconds; she sped over the top of the lofty gate with only
inches to spare. We were safe!
Far below, the lights of Havatoo lay behind us as I turned the ship's
nose toward the shimmering ribbon that was the River of Death--the
River of Life to us--that was to guide us down to that unknown sea
where, I was confident, we would find Vepaja.
Duare had not spoken. I felt her arm against mine trembling. I
reached over and laid a hand upon it. Why are you trembling?" I
asked. "You are quite safe now."
"What is this thing we are in?" she asked. "Why does it not fall to the
ground and kill us? What keeps it up?"
I explained as best I could, telling her that there was no danger that it
would fall; and then she drew a deep, long sigh of relief.
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"If you say that we are safe; then I am afraid no longer," she said. "But
tell me, why are you making this sacrifice for me?"
What sacrifice?" I asked.
You can never return to Havatoo now; they would kill you.
"I do not want to return to Havatoo if you cannot live there in safety,"
I replied.
"But what of Nalte?" she asked. "You love one another, and now you
can never see her again."
"I do not love Nalte, nor does she love me. I love only you, Duare; and
Nalte and Ero Shan love one another. We are on our way to Vepaja; I
would rather take my chances of winning you there than live a
Sanjong in Havatoo without you."
She sat in silence for a long time; then, presently, she turned and
looked up into my face. "Carson!" she said in a low voice.
Yes, Duare, what is it?"
"I love you!"
I could not believe that I had heard right. "But, Duare, you are the
daughter of a jong of Vepaja!" I exclaimed.
"That I have known always," she said, "but I have just learned that
above all things else I am a woman."
I took her in my arms then. I could have held her thus forever, as our
marvelous plane raced onwards toward Vepaja and home.
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