’Perhapsitdoes。However，’headdedmorecheerfully，’thoughI
feelthestudytobeonealmosttragicinitsquality，IhopetobethenewCopernicus。WhathewastothesolarsystemIaimtobetothesystemsbeyond。’
Then，bymeansoftheinstrumentathand，theytravelledtogetherfromtheearthtoUranusandthemysteriousoutskirtsofthesolarsystem;fromthesolarsystemtoastarintheSwan，thenearestfixedstarinthenorthernsky;fromthestarintheSwantoremoterstars;thencetotheremotestvisible;tilltheghastlychasmwhichtheyhadbridgedbyafragilelineofsightwasrealizedbyLadyConstantine。
’Wearenowtraversingdistancesbesidewhichtheimmenselinestretchingfromtheearthtothesunisbutaninvisiblepoint，’
saidtheyouth。’When，justnow，wehadreachedaplanetwhoseremotenessisahundredtimestheremotenessofthesunfromtheearth，wewereonlyatwothousandthpartofthejourneytothespotatwhichwehaveopticallyarrivednow。’