Arthur C. Clarke - Expedition to Earth

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2、/eMule/Incoming/Clarke,%20Arthur%20C%20-%20Expedition%20to%20Earth.txtContentsContentsSecondDawn1"IfIForgetThee,OhEarth..."36BreakingStrain41HistoryLesson73Superiority83ExileoftheEons95HideandSeek112ExpeditiontoEarth125Loophole138Inheritance145TheSentinel

3、155SecondDawn"Heretheycome,"saidEris,risingtohisforefeetandturningtolookdownthelongvalley.Foramomentthepainandbitternesshadlefthisthoughts,sothatevenJeryl,whosemindwasmorecloselytunedtohisthantoanyother,couldscarcelydetectit.Therewasevenanundertoneofsoftnessthatrec

4、alledpoignantlytheErisshehadknowninthedaysbeforetheWar—theoldEriswhonowseemedalmostasremoteandaslostasifhewerelyingwithalltheothersoutthereontheplain.Adarktidewasflowingupthevalley,advancingwithacurious,hesitantmotion,makingoddpausesandlittleboundsforward.Itwasflan

5、kedwithgold—thethinlineoftheAtheleniguards,soterrifyinglyfewcomparedwiththeblackmassoftheprisoners.Buttheywereenough:indeed,theywereonlyneededtoguidethataimlessriveronitsfalteringway.Yetatthesightofsomanythousandsoftheenemy,Jerylfoundherselftremblingandinstinctivel

6、ymovedtowardhermate,silverpeltrestingagainstgold.Erisgavenosignthathehadunderstoodorevennoticedtheaction.ThefearvanishedasJerylsawhowslowlythedarkfloodwasmovingforward.Shehadbeentoldwhattoexpect,buttherealitywasevenworsethanshehadimagined.Astheprisonerscamenearer,a

7、llthehateandbitternessebbedfromhermind,tobereplacedbyasickcompassion.Nooneofherraceneedevermorefeartheaimless,idiothordethatwasbeingshepherdedthroughthepassintothevalleyitwouldneverleaveagain.Theguardsweredoinglittlemorethanurgetheprisonersonwithmeaninglessbutencou

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11、ht,Jerylcoulddetectnovestigeofreasoninanyofthosethousandsofmindspassingsonearathand.Thatbroughthometoher,morevividlythancouldanythingelse,themagn