For a moment I saw nothing--then a tiny spot of white incandescence shone forth at the lower edge of the great spot.

It grew into a point of radiance, dazzling even through the shadowed lenses.
I rubbed my eyes; looked again.

It was still there, larger--blazing with an ever increasing and intolerable intensity.
I handed the glasses to Drake, silently.
"I see it!" he muttered.

"I see it! And THAT did it--that! Goodwin!" There was panic in his cry.

"Goodwin! The spot! it's widening! It's widening!" I snatched the glasses from him.