... from the ground He hesitated a moment and then tossed the rock high in the air The rock passed in front of the gun Instantly the great barrel moved, the vanes contracted THE rock fell to the ground ... studied the pictures, the films, the crates of books, the jeweled crowns, the cups, the statues At last, as the sun was dipping into the gray mists that drifted across the planet they came back up the ... them in the light of the hand lamp It was one of them, one of the ruined race, the race that had perished For a long time they stared at the picture At last Dorle replaced the board 13 "All these...