"Speed," said Lane. "The knowledge of that which your race alone knows: the secret of achieving speed faster than that of light."
The Jovian nodded gravely. "You shall have it. The requisite apparatus shall be installed in your spaceship immediately. But you must help us. Tell us your destination, that we may calculate the co-ordinates, and bring you to your objective."
"We must go," said Gary, "to the galaxy of the star known as Sirius."
"Sirius! Outside our solar system?" The Councillor frowned. "That is difficult and perilous. There are dangers even to our method."
"We must risk them. As it is, we have no way of telling if we are going to the proper place. Nor, indeed, whether when we get there we will find ways to do that which we must.
"Tell me, what is the limiting velocity of this new method you have devised? How fast will we be able to travel?"
The Jovian smiled faintly. "Upon that score, Earthman, you need have no apprehension. You will reach your destination in plenty of time—if you reach there at all. Because, you see, there is no limiting velocity to our method."
"No limiting—?"
"None at all. Your translation from one spot to another will be practically instantaneous."
"Instantaneous!" cried Dr. Anjers. "But that is impossible. Only by warping space itself could an object be transferred instantaneously from one spot to another!"