CHAPTER V

THE WORLD IN THE RING The Chemist paused and relighted his cigar. "Perhaps you have some questions," he suggested. The Doctor shifted in his chair. "Did you have any theory at this time"--he wanted to know--"about the physical conformation of this world? What I mean is, when you came out of this tunnel were you on the inside or the outside of the world?" "Was it the same sky you saw overhead when you were in the forest?" asked the Big Business Man. "No, it was what he saw in the microscope, wasn't it?" said the Ver…