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So were all twenty of the grounding cables which, each the size of a man's arm, had fanned out in all directions to anchorages welded solidly to the vessel's skin and frame. The anchorages, too, were gone; and tons upon tons of high alloy steel plating and structural members for many feet around where each anchorage had been. SO WERE ALL TWENTY OF THE GROUNDING CABLES WHICH EACH THE SIZE OF A MAN'S ARM HAD FOUND OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS TO ANCHORAGES WELDED SOLIDLY TO THE VESSEL SKIN AND FRAME THE ANCHORAGES TOO WERE GONE AND TONS UPON TONS OF HIGH ALLOY STEEL PLATING AND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS FOR MANY FEET AROUND WHERE EACH ANCHORAGE HAD BEEN
, 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. The girls were unwrapped from their silver-mesh cocoons and, after a minute or so of semihysterics, were as good as new. Then Deston stared into the 'scope and gulped. Without saying a word he waved a hand and the others looked. It seemed as though the entire tip of the mountain was gone; had become a seething, flaming volcano on a world that had known no volcanism[3] for hundreds of thousands of years. [3] Transcriber's note: The original read 'vulcanism'. "And what," said Deston finally, "do you suppose happened to the other side of the ship?" The boom, of course, was gone.  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 THE GIRLS WERE UNWRAPPED FROM THEIR SILVER MESH COCOONS AND AFTER A MINUTE OR SO OF SEMI HYSTERICS WERE AS GOOD AS NEW THEN DESTON STARED OUT INTO THE SCOPE AND GULPED WITHOUT SAYING A WORD HE WAVED A HAND AND THE OTHERS LOOKED IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THE ENTIRE TIP OF THE MOUNTAIN WAS GONE HAD BECOME A SEETHING FLAMING VOLCANO ON A WORLD THAT HAD KNOWN NO VOLCANISM FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND WHAT SAID DESTON FINALLY DO YOU SUPPOSE HAPPEN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHIP THE BOOM OF COURSE WAS GONE
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