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The girls were unwrapped from their silver mesh cocoons and, after a minute or so of semihysterics, were as good as new. THE GIRLS WERE UNWRAPPED FROM THEIR SILVER MESH COCOONS AND AFTER A MINUTE OR SO OF SEMI HYSTERICS WERE AS GOOD AS NEW
, was attached; and a few hundred feet of wire were run out. Then, in Lifecraft Two--as far away from the "business district" as they could get--the human bodies were grounded and Deston started the reel. The wire ran out--and ran--and ran--and ran. The full twenty-five miles were paid out, and still nothing happened. Then, very slowly, Deston let the big ship move straight downward. Until, finally, it happened. There was a blast beside which the most terrific flash of lightning ever seen on Earth would have seemed like a firecracker. In what was almost a vacuum though she was, the whole immense mass of the _Procyon_ was hurled upward like the cork out of a champagne bottle. And as for what it _felt_ like--since the five who experienced it could never describe it, even to each other, it is obviously indescribable by or to anyone else. As Bernice said long afterward, when she was being pressed by a newsman: "Just tell 'em it was the living end," and that is as good a description as any.  CENSER AND TO KEEP WIRE FROM FOULING WAS ATTACHED AND A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF WIRE WERE RUN OUT THEN IN LIFECRAFT TOO AS FAR AWAY FROM THE BUSINESS DISTRICT AS THEY COULD GET THE HUMAN BODIES WERE GROUNDED AND DESTON STARTED THE REEL THE WIRE RAN OUT AND RAN AND RAN AND RAN THE FULL TWENTY FIVE MILES WERE PAID OUT AND STILL NOTHING HAPPENED THEN VERY SLOWLY DESTON LET THE BIG SHIP MOVE STRAIGHT DOWNWARD UNTIL FINALLY IT HAPPENED THERE WAS A BLAST BESIDE WHICH THE MOST TERRIFIC FLASH OF LIGHTNING EVER SEEN ON EARTH WOULD HAVE SEEMED LIKE A FIRECRACKER IN WHAT WAS ALMOST A VACUUM THOUGH SHE WAS THE WHOLE IMMENSE MASS OF THE PROCYONE WAS HURLED UPWARD LIKE A CORK OUT OF A CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE AND AS FOR WHAT FELT LIKE SINCE THE FIVE WHO EXPERIENCED IT COULD NEVER DESCRIBE IT EVEN TO EACH OTHER IT IS OBVIOUSLY INDESCRIBABLE BY OR TO ANY ONE ELSE AS BERNICE SAID LONG AFTERWARD WHEN SHE WAS BEING PRESSED BY A NEWSMAN JUST TELL HIM IT WAS THE LIVING END AND THAT IT WAS AS GOOD A DESCRIPTION AS ANY
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