Instantly it bent itself up into an arc.

The two heads, each the exact image of the other, came together.

The four eyes glared half-dazzled into the conning-tower, and the four fearful jaws snapped viciously together.
"Lenox, Lenox, for goodness' sake let us go up!" cried Zaidie, shrinking still closer to him.

"That thing's too horrible to look at." "It is a beast, isn't it ?" he said; "but I think we can cut him in two without much trouble." He signalled for full speed.

The _Astronef_ ought to have sprung forward and driven her ram through the huge, brick-red body of the hideous creature which was now only a couple of hundred yards from them; but instead of that a slow, jarring, grinding thrill seemed to run through her, and she stopped.