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ible for me to be reincarnated on the Moon--or elsewhere!" "No matter," said Jaska softly, "wherever Sarka goes, there goes Jaska! It is useless to attempt to dissuade me, and it is time you learned that!" In spite of himself Sarka smiled, and his father met his smile with a quizzical one of his own. Both men had the same thought. "The eternal woman!" said Sarka the Elder. "No man has ever understood her--no man ever will! And all men are ruled by her!" Sarka shrugged, and Jaska spoke again. "Don't you think it is time we tried this new experiment?" * * * * * Sarka nodded, and his face was suddenly alight with the excitement which burned within him. "First," he said, "we need accoutrements of the Gens of Dalis for two people!" Jaska smiled. "Forseeing that we might have need of such equipment, I had several complete outfits sent here when I took charge of the Gens of Dalis as its Spokesman!" Two minutes later, arrayed in the green clothing of the House of Dalis, swathed in it from neck to toe, wearing their belts and the masks which were necessary to life in space where there was no atmosphere, the whole topped by the gleaming helmets whose skull-pans held the infinitesimally small anti-gravitational ovoids, Jaska and Sarka entered the secret exit dome, side by-side. On the breast and back of each showed the yellow stars of the Gens of Dalis. There was no hiding their identity otherwise, and if any of the Gens saw them, both would be immediately recognized--for Jaska had commanded the Gens, and Sarka was the world's greatest scientist known to every human being. But they planned on carrying out their investigations by stealth. "Father," said Sarka, "when the inner door is closed upon us, you have but to press the button to the right of the door. Press it when the light beside it glows red, which will indicate that we have willed ourselves to go to a certain destination!" * * * * * The inner door closed upon Sarka and Jaska, and, hand in hand, side by side, their bodies glowing with knowledge of warm, sympathetic contact, they waited for a miracle which had never before been attempted. "Are you afraid, beloved?" queried Sarka. "When I am with you," she said softly, "I have no fear." "Then face the outer door, and will to go wherever I will to take you!" Side by side, hand-in-hand still, they faced the outer door, a
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