It was necessary to
wait until night had fallen on that particular part of the planet.
[Footnote: It should be mentioned that all parts of Sanus showed the
same condition of bee supremacy and human servitude. The spot in
question was quite typical of all the colonies.]
Van Emmon was the first to get results. Corrus had driven his herd
back from the brook at which they had got their evening drink, and
after seeing them all quietly settled for the night, he lay down on
the dried grass slope of a small hill, and stared up at the sky. Van
Emmon had plenty of time to study the stars as seen from Sanus, and
certainly the case demanded plenty of time.
For he saw a broad band of sky, as broad as the widest part of the
Milky Way, which was neither black nor sparkling with stars, but
glowing as brightly as the full moon! From the eastern horizon to
the zenith it stretched, a great "Silvery Way," as Van Emmon labeled
it; and as the darkness deepened and the night lengthened, the
illumination crept on until the band of light stretched all the way
across.
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