The sensation was curiously pleasant, languorous--what was that word Ruth had used ?--ELEMENTAL--and free.

The supporting force seemed to flow equally from walls and floor; to reach down to us from the roof.

It was slumberously even, and effortless.

I saw that in advance of us the living corridor was opening even as behind us it was closing.
All around us the little eye points twinkled and--laughed.
There was no danger here--there could be none.

Deeper and deeper dropped my mind into the depths of that alien tranquillity.