The vanguard of Venus

Bartlett, Landell · 1972

[Illustration: The lights had now reached their maximum, giving the huge room the effect of being flooded by intensely bright moonlight. Behind me, and on all sides, stood scores of these creatures, similar in appearance to the Field General on the throne. They stood motionless, regarding me stolidly with their smoldering, beady eyes. . . Finally Oomlag turned to me: “The Field General wants to ask you a few questions,” he said, stepping to one side.] (Extract from letter dated February 16, 1927, from Oliver Robertson, banker of Calcutta, India, to J. B. Cardigan, President of Cardigan Press Service, Inc.)…

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