One of the beasts which had not taken an active part in the business now walked to Mrs. Full and picked her up by the back of the waist, as though she had been a cat, and brought her over. For one ghastly moment Calvin thought it was going to divest her of her skirt, but after scrutinizing her a while, it set her down among them.
He took her hand. "Are you all right, dear?"
She was amazingly calm. "I am, Calvin, I am. I don't believe they mean us any harm, after all."
The first great animal pointed at the box, waving his prod.
"We're supposed to go in again, I guess," said Watkins.
"Let's go, then," said Adam. "No sense in getting shocked."
They trooped in, and the wall closed behind them.
IV
Adam Pierce had an idea. It had begun to grow in his mind while the woman was running the miniature spaceship, but he had thought it over until he was certain it wasn't so silly as to make them laugh at him. Now he felt sure he'd hit on the truth; too many evidences for it, and nothing much that he could see against it.