We are only a few hundred miles away from Deimos, the outer one, and he is twelve thousand five hundred miles from Mars.

I vote we drop on him first and let him carry us towards Phobos.

And then when we've examined him we'll pay a visit to his brother and take a trip round Mars on him.
Phobos does the journey in about seven hours and a half, and as he's only three thousand seven hundred miles above the surface, we ought to get a very good view of our next stopping-place." "That ought to be quite delightful," said Zaidie.

"But how commonplace you are getting, Lenox.

That's so like you Englishmen.