[Footnote 13: The induction balance is an instrument which, connected with a telephone, causes the latter to emit a singing sound, when a piece of metal is brought near the balance. It is incredibly sensitive and has been used to locate buried treasures, etc. Invented in 1880 by Professor Hughes.] 15 LLYSANORH' THROWS OFF THE MASK When Alice saw that it was Llysanorh' standing on the threshold of her room she experienced at once great disappointment and overwhelming relief. The second space flyer was not driven by Ralph, but she was at least safe from Fernand. "Oh," she cried with a sob of relief, "I am so glad it is you, Llysanorh'! I have been so frightened." He made no answer, but regarded her with enormous eyes in which burned a somber flame. "You _are_ going to take me off this horrible flyer, aren't you, Llysanorh'? You won't leave me here alone with that--that beast, will you?" He shook his head soberly, and extended one hand to her. "Come," he said briefly. She put her own hand confidently in his, and he led her down the stairs, and past the laboratory. She shrank back as she saw Fernand's bound and motionless form. "Is he--dead?" she whispered. "No," said Llysanorh', leading her to the connecting tube. He helped her through with gentle hands, and in a moment she found herself in the other flyer. Taking her hand again in his, Llysanorh' led her to a luxuriously furnished room. "Stay here until I come back," he said. "I won't be long." He turned to go but she, catching his sleeve, detained him. "Are you going to--to kill him?" she asked. "Perhaps. I haven't decided yet," he replied, unsmiling. And then, gripping her shoulders with startlingly sudden emotion, "Has he harmed you?" "No, no," she said, frightened, "he just tried to terrify me, that was all." He released her, and strode to the door. "I won't kill him," he said, and for the first time he smiled, but in that smile there was no mirth. "I shall let him live, that he may pray for the death I have denied him." And he was gone. Presently Alice heard him disconnecting the two machines, and a moment later she knew that Llysanorh's flyer was moving. A half hour passed and still she was left alone. Beyond the vibration of the machinery there was no sound to indicate that she was not absolutely alone on the flyer. Feeling a little panicky she finally left the room and made her way through a corridor. Several doors that she opened led into rooms even more luxurious and splendid than the one she had left. So this was the space flyer owned by the Martian of which there had been so much gossip. Stories she had heard before of its spaciousness and magnificence came back to her.