Explore "The Skylark of Valeron" by E.E. Smith on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Immense as the Norlaminian vessel was, getting her inside the planetoid was a simple matter to the Brain. Inside the _Skylark_ a dome bulged up, driving back the air; a circular section of the multilayered wall disappeared; Rovol's space-torpedo floated in; the wall was again intact; the dome vanished; the visitor settled lightly into the embrace of a mighty landing cradle which fitted exactly her slenderly stupendous bulk.
The Osnomian prince was the first to disembark, appearing unarmed; for the first time in his warlike life he had of his own volition laid aside his every weapon.