Chapter 70

“They may—and even though I do not believe that there is any probability of them actually doing it, it will be well to be armed against the possibility.” “Right, old top—we’ll do that little thing!” Uneventful days passed, and true to Seaton’s calculations, the awful acceleration with which they had started out could not be maintained. A few days before the edge of the galaxy was reached it became necessary to cut off the molecular drive, and to proceed with an acceleration equal only to that of gravitation at the …