Chapter 19

"This which we see is one of their books--a living creature of a kind, designed to store the thoughts that are given to it, and to convey them at later periods to any inquiring mind. She whom we now see is both the custodian and the compiler of these volumes, and I gather that she is now placing on record the events in which we have so lately participated." While I received this explanation, the Dweller had crossed the room, and picked up a metal article of a brass color, and of the shape of a figure eight, which …