17/18 Midway of the arc, she saw something that was more than suspicious; it was out-and-out mysterious. Here again the distance was too great to reveal details. She strained her eyes, changed the focus hopefully, blurred the image, and slowly turned the little focusing wheel back again. She had just one more clear glimpse of the thing before it, too, disappeared. If it was crossing a gully, it would climb out again, of course. |