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the ship, and our eyes cannot stand it. These will shield you from the light. They are grounded with wires so converted energy will be drained away.” It was none too soon. The glasses, jet black in color, were put on at the moment the light began to penetrate the Little Dipper. They were now submerged deep into the very body of the sun. Adam forgot there was such a place as earth, or that there were any beings other than Eve and himself. To be here with her was more than an experience. Without her it would be an intolerable inferno, with her it was the taste of Paradise. He was tasting love untarnished, love inviolable. All around them was something without form, one essence extracted from both, the state of limbo and the state of Paradise. The best and the worst became one mass of light. Eve gave to Adam the precipitated essence of loving life. Now he knew why no man could make such a trip without a mate. The Little Dipper came to a terrifying, grinding stop. The roar was deafening, the heat almost unbearable. Adam and Eve perspired freely. He looked to her for some explanation, but she was prostrate, her head resting on his shoulder. He was suddenly alone. Adam could have screamed out for mercy, but the roar would have drowned his voice even to his own ears. Yet something amid wits 1 wad all this, perhaps audible or perhaps just his own ultimate energy, seemed to be saying, “Fear not, for I am with you.” The ship throbbed and crackled as if it would soon be crushed, then he noticed the hull was revolving. Eve had told him it might spin, though true to her assurance, their seats did not. It sounded as if the ship had already been crushed, and he imagined he could feel the heat and the sides closing in upon him. Oh, why had he ever brought himself here? Who created all this infinite fury? Why doesn’t Eve awaken? Why... why... “Fear not, Adam, for I am with you.” How could such words be coming intact into this smashing holocaust? Even radio waves no longer existed here. He holocaust? Even 196 SON OF THE SUN