The travelers were then led out of the palace. They found
instead of being urged along by the thought power, however, that
they were now allowed to walk. And they also noticed that they
could go very rapidly, with little exertion, due to the fact that
they only tipped the scales at about a third of their usual
weight.
"This is better," observed Jack. "I'd rather walk than be
floating along the way we were."
"Yes, I guess they were so anxious to question us that they
couldn't wait for the ordinary forms of locomotion," said the
professor. "Now that they know something about us they will let
us do as we please for a while."
One of the Martians, who seemed to be a minor official, led them
out into the street. They found that it was lighted by means of
the same metal boxes that were in the palace.
Overhead were the two tiny moons of Mars, but they gave but
little light, and had it not been for the wonderful red substance
the streets would have been quite dark.
"This stuff is what makes Mars seem so I red when we look at it
with telescopes from our earth," observed Mr.
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