And now Marene was just sixteen, and the creatures would be coming again in their black spaceship within two weeks! Guyard was thankful that death had spared Marene's mother from this greater horror.
He held the girl tightly to him.
She drew away finally and smiled up at him with the bravery of youth. "Father," she said, "whatever happens, I'm not afraid." Her voice was like calm music to his troubled brain. "Anyway, I have news for you!"
"News?"
"Yes. Captain Simms is going to try, maybe trying right this instant to get a radio message through to the Earth!"
"Impossible!" Guyard shook his head quickly. "Zuldi and his guards keep the city under constant surveillance! Captain Simms should know better, than to try! Zuldi and his devils will detect the vibration instantly!"
"But Captain Simms is trying a different type of sender," Marene explained. "He hopes that Zuldi's detectors will not...."
She broke off suddenly.
Guyard, too, heard the tumult somewhere out in the street, and the sound of croaking shouts. He hurried to the window and looked out.