gradually from trouble and care, and from those petty affairs which now so
occupy you, your minds and souls will grow, and you will see far more
ahead of you worth striving for than you now do. Your happiness can still
consist largely in the pursuit of happiness."




CHAPTER X

MORE WORLDS THAN TWO.


It was now so late in the day that further conversation was postponed, and
after a plain but exceedingly enjoyable supper we were shown to luxurious
rooms, where we spent our first night in Mars in great comfort.

In the morning Thorwald told us we would reach our port in a few hours,
and so we sat down as early as we could after breakfast for a short talk.

The doctor furnished the text by opening the conversation with this
remark:

"It is wonderful to think we should find on this planet a race of people
so advanced, when so little thought is given, on the earth, to the idea of
life in other worlds."

"What has been the general opinion among you on that subject?" asked
Thorwald.