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<p>“Seems as though you might run it as a sanatorium. By the way, how far is Mars?”</p> <p>“Seems as though you might run it as a sanatorium. By the way, how far is Mars?”</p>
<p>“Two hundred million miles at present,” said Cavor airily; “and you go close by the sun.”</p> <p>“Two hundred million miles at present,” said Cavor airily; “and you go close by the sun.”</p>
<p>My imagination was picking itself up again. “After all,” I said, “there’s something in these things. There’s travel⁠—”</p> <p>My imagination was picking itself up again. “After all,” I said, “there’s something in these things. There’s travel⁠—”</p>
<p>An extraordinary possibility came rushing into my mind. Suddenly I saw, as in a vision, the whole solar system threaded with Cavorite liners and spheres de luxe. “Rights of preemption,” came floating into my head⁠—planetary rights of preemption. I recalled the old Spanish monopoly in American gold. It wasn’t as though it was just this planet or that⁠—it was all of them. I stared at Cavor’s rubicund face, and suddenly my imagination was leaping and dancing. I stood up, I walked up and down; my tongue was unloosened.</p> <p>An extraordinary possibility came rushing into my mind. Suddenly I saw, as in a vision, the whole solar system threaded with Cavorite liners and spheres deluxe. “Rights of preemption,” came floating into my head⁠—planetary rights of preemption. I recalled the old Spanish monopoly in American gold. It wasn’t as though it was just this planet or that⁠—it was all of them. I stared at Cavor’s rubicund face, and suddenly my imagination was leaping and dancing. I stood up, I walked up and down; my tongue was unloosened.</p>
<p>“I’m beginning to take it in,” I said; “I’m beginning to take it in.” The transition from doubt to enthusiasm seemed to take scarcely any time at all. “But this is tremendous!” I cried. “This is Imperial! I haven’t been dreaming of this sort of thing.”</p> <p>“I’m beginning to take it in,” I said; “I’m beginning to take it in.” The transition from doubt to enthusiasm seemed to take scarcely any time at all. “But this is tremendous!” I cried. “This is Imperial! I haven’t been dreaming of this sort of thing.”</p>
<p>Once the chill of my opposition was removed, his own pent-up excitement had play. He too got up and paced. He too gesticulated and shouted. We behaved like men inspired. We <em>were</em> men inspired.</p> <p>Once the chill of my opposition was removed, his own pent-up excitement had play. He too got up and paced. He too gesticulated and shouted. We behaved like men inspired. We <em>were</em> men inspired.</p>
<p>“We’ll settle all that!” he said in answer to some incidental difficulty that had pulled me up. “We’ll soon settle all that! We’ll start the drawings for mouldings this very night.”</p> <p>“We’ll settle all that!” he said in answer to some incidental difficulty that had pulled me up. “We’ll soon settle all that! We’ll start the drawings for mouldings this very night.”</p>