Indeed, in the vigorous language of youth, she opined that it was all "made-up rot." Godfrey read it also and came to quite a different conclusion.

The idea fired him and opened a wide door in his imagination, a quality with which he was well provided.

He stared at Mars through the large Hall telescope, and saw, or imagined that he saw the canals, also the snow-caps and the red herbage.

Isobel stared too and saw, or swore that she saw--nothing at all--after which they argued until their throats were dry.
"It's all nonsense," said Isobel.

"If only you'll study the rocks and biology, and Darwin's 'Origin of Species,' and lots of other things, you will see how man came to develop on this planet.