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We were frequently reminded during this long conversation (it lasted / over a full day and a half) that the strange crowd about us was the / great Council itself. Questions every now and then were hurled at the / Moon Man from the dimness of the rear. He was continually turning his / head as messages and enquiries were carried across to him from mouth to / mouth. Sometimes without consulting the Doctor further he would answer / them himself in queer sounds and signs. It was quite evident that the / Council was determined to keep in touch with any negotiations that were / going on.
As for John Dolittle, there was so much that he wanted to find out it / looked-in spite of his hurry to get back to the Earth-as though his / queries would never end-which, in a first meeting between two worlds, / is not after all to be wondered at.