"Why, every schoolboy on Barsoom knows the geography (ΠΎ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊ Π½Π° ΠΠ°ΡΡΡΠΌΠ΅ Π·Π½Π°Π΅Ρ Π³Π΅ΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡ), and much concerning the fauna and flora (Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ΅, ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅Π΅ΡΡ ΡΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ ΠΈ ΡΠ»ΠΎΡΡ), as well as the history of your planet fully as well as of his own (Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ Π²Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½Π΅ΡΡ ΡΡΠΎΠ»Ρ ΠΆΠ΅ Ρ ΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ; fully β ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ, ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎ). Can we not see everything which takes place upon Earth, as you call it (ΡΠ°Π·Π²Π΅ ΠΌΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΠΌ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΡ Π²ΡΠ΅, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ Π½Π° ΠΠ΅ΠΌΠ»Π΅, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π²Ρ Π½Π°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅ΡΠ΅ Π΅Π΅); is it not hanging there in the heavens in plain sight (ΡΠ°Π·Π²Π΅ Π½Π΅ Π²ΠΈΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΠ½Π° ΡΠ°ΠΌ Π² Π½Π΅Π±Π΅ΡΠ°Ρ Π½Π° Π²ΠΈΠ΄Ρ Ρ Π²ΡΠ΅Ρ ; plain β ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; plain sight β ΠΎΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠΉΠ²ΠΈΠ΄)?"
This baffled me, I must confess (ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ·Π°Π΄Π°ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ, Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ΅Π½ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·Π½Π°ΡΡΡΡ; to baffle β ΠΎΠ·Π°Π΄Π°ΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ, ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΊΡ), fully as much as my statements had confounded her (ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΆΠ΅, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΠΎΠΈ ΡΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΡΠΌΡΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΅Π΅; to confound β ΡΠΌΡΡΠ°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΡΡΠ²ΡΡΠΏΠΈΠΊ); and I told her so (ΠΈ Ρ ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π» Π΅ΠΉ). She then explained in general (ΡΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΡΠ½ΠΈΠ»Π° ΠΌΠ½Π΅ Π² ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΌ) the instruments her people had used and been perfecting for ages (/ΡΡΡΡΠΎΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΎ/ ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ±ΠΎΡΠΎΠ², ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ Π΅Π΅ Π½Π°ΡΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π» ΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π» Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ), which permit them to throw upon a screen (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΡ ΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠΊΡΠ°Π½; to throw β ΠΎΡΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ) a perfect image of what is transpiring upon any planet and upon many of the stars (ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ Π½Π° Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½Π΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΈ Π½Π° ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΡ Π·Π²Π΅Π·Π΄Π°Ρ ; to transpire β ΠΈΡΠΏΠ°ΡΡΡΡΡΡ;ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ /ΠΎ Π³Π°Π·Π΅/; ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΡΠΏΠ°ΡΡ Π² Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΏΠ΅Π»Ρ;ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°ΡΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ, ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΡΡΡ ΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌ; /ΡΠ°Π·Π³./ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ). These pictures are so perfect in detail (ΡΡΠΈ ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠΎΡΠ½Ρ Π² Π΄Π΅ΡΠ°Π»ΡΡ ) that, when photographed and enlarged (ΡΡΠΎ Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΈΡ ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΠΈ ΡΠ²Π΅Π»ΠΈΡΠΈΡΡ), objects no greater than a blade of grass may be distinctly recognized (ΡΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎ ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡΠΈΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΡΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΎ: Β«Π½Π΅ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅, ΡΠ΅ΠΌΒ» Π»ΠΈΡΡ ΡΡΠ°Π²Ρ; blade β Π»Π΅Π·Π²ΠΈΠ΅, ΠΊΠ»ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΊ; Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈΠ½ΠΊΠ°, Π»ΠΈΡΡ; Π»ΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ ΠΏΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΈΠ½ΠΊΠ° /Π² ΠΎΡΠ»ΠΈΡΠΈΠ΅ ΠΎΡ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠ°/). I afterward, in Helium, saw many of these pictures (ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π΄Π½Π΅Π΅, Π² ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΡΠΌΠ΅, Ρ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π» ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ), as well as the instruments which produced them (Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ±ΠΎΡΡ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΈΡ ).
geography [dZI'OgrqfI], confound [kqn'faund], transpire [trxn'spaIq], photograph ['foutqgrQ:f], recognize ['rekqgnaIz]
"Why, every schoolboy on Barsoom knows the geography, and much concerning the fauna and flora, as well as the history of your planet fully as well as of his own. Can we not see everything which takes place upon Earth, as you call it; is it not hanging there in the heavens in plain sight?"
This baffled me, I must confess, fully as much as my statements had confounded her; and I told her so. She then explained in general the instruments her people had used and been perfecting for ages, which permit them to throw upon a screen a perfect image of what is transpiring upon any planet and upon many of the stars. These pictures are so perfect in detail that, when photographed and enlarged, objects no greater than a blade of grass may be distinctly recognized. I afterward, in Helium, saw many of these pictures, as well as the instruments which produced them.
"If, then, you are so familiar with earthly things," I asked (Π² ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π΅, Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΡ ΡΠ°ΠΊ Ρ ΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎ Π·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ° Ρ Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ, β ΡΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ» Ρ), "why is it that you do not recognize me as identical with the inhabitants of that planet (ΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΡΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·Π½Π°Π΅ΡΡ ΠΌΠΎΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π΅ΡΡΠ²Π° Ρ ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½Π΅ΡΡ)?"
She smiled again (ΠΎΠ½Π° Π²Π½ΠΎΠ²Ρ ΡΠ»ΡΠ±Π½ΡΠ»Π°ΡΡ) as one might in bored indulgence of a questioning child (ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ /ΡΠ»ΡΠ±Π½ΡΡΡΡΡ/ ΡΠΎ ΡΠΊΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠ½ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ ΠΊ Π·Π°Π΄Π°ΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π²ΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅Π½ΠΊΡ; indulgence β ΡΠ½ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ±Π»Π°ΠΆΠΊΠ°).
"Because, John Carter," she replied, "nearly every planet and star having atmospheric conditions (ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄Π°Ρ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½Π΅ΡΠ° ΠΈ Π·Π²Π΅Π·Π΄Π°, ΠΈΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ°Ρ /ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠ΅/ Π°ΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΡΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ, /ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅/) at all approaching those of Barsoom (Ρ ΠΎΡΡ ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ-Π½ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ΄Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΆΠ°ΡΡΡΡ ΠΊ Π±Π°ΡΡΡΠΌΠΈΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ; at all β Π²ΠΎΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅; Ρ ΠΎΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ-Π½ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ΄Ρ), shows forms of animal life almost identical with you and me (ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°ΡΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ ΡΠΎΡΠΌΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΡΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅ ΠΈ ΠΌΠ½Π΅); and, further, Earth men, almost without exception, cover their bodies with strange, unsightly pieces of cloth (ΠΈ, ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΌΡΠΆΡΠΈΠ½Ρ, ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π±Π΅Π· ΠΈΡΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠΊΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈ ΡΠ΅Π»Π° ΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ, ΡΡΠΎΠ΄Π»ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΊΡΡΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΊΠ°Π½ΠΈ; unsightly β Π½Π΅ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²ΡΠΉ, ΡΡΠΎΠ΄Π»ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΉ), and their heads with hideous contraptions (Π° ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈ Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Ρ β Π±Π΅Π·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ½Π°ΠΌΠΈ; contraption β Ρ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ΅ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅; ΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ½Π°) the purpose of which we have been unable to conceive (Π½Π°Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΌΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ ΡΡΡΠ½ΠΈΡΡ); while you, when found by the Tharkian warriors (Π² ΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΡ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΡΠ΅Π±Ρ ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°ΡΡΠΆΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΠΈΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΠΎΠΈΠ½Ρ), were entirely undisfigured and unadorned (Π±ΡΠ» ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎ Π½Π΅ ΠΎΠ±Π΅Π·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ ΠΈ Π±Π΅Π· ΡΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ; to disfigure β ΠΎΠ±Π΅Π·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ; to adorn β ΡΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡ).
inhabitant [In'hxbIt(q)nt], contraption [kqn'trxpSn], undisfigured [AndIs'fIgqd], disfigure [dIs'fIgq]
"If, then, you are so familiar with earthly things," I asked, "why is it that you do not recognize me as identical with the inhabitants of that planet?"
She smiled again as one might in bored indulgence of a questioning child.
"Because, John Carter," she replied, "nearly every planet and star having atmospheric conditions at all approaching those of Barsoom, shows forms of animal life almost identical with you and me; and, further, Earth men, almost without exception, cover their bodies with strange, unsightly pieces of cloth, and their heads with hideous contraptions the purpose of which we have been unable to conceive; while you, when found by the Tharkian warriors, were entirely undisfigured and unadorned.
"The fact that you wore no ornaments (ΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ°ΠΊΡ, ΡΡΠΎ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅ Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ) is a strong proof of your un-Barsoomian origin (ΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π²Π΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ Π΄ΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π½Π΅Π±Π°ΡΡΡΠΌΠΈΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ), while the absence of grotesque coverings (Π² ΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΎΡΡΡΡΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΠ΄Π»ΠΈΠ²ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ²) might cause a doubt as to your earthliness (ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅Ρ Π²ΡΠ·Π²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ)."
I then narrated the details of my departure from the Earth (Π·Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π» ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΎΠ±Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΊΠΈ Ρ ΠΠ΅ΠΌΠ»ΠΈ), explaining that my body there lay fully clothed (ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΡΠ½ΠΈΠ², ΡΡΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎ Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΡΠΌ) in all the, to her, strange garments of mundane dwellers (Π²ΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ Π΄Π»Ρ Π½Π΅Π΅ ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΈΡ Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ½ΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ; mundane β Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΉ). At this point Sola returned with our meager belongings (Π² ΡΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠ»Π°ΡΡ Π‘ΠΎΠ»Π° Ρ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΊΡΠ΄Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΆΠΈΡΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ) and her young Martian protΓ©gΓ© (ΠΈ ΡΠΎ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΠΌ ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ΅), who, of course, would have to share the quarters with them (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΡ, ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΆΠ΅, ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΡΡ Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΈΡΡ Ρ Π½ΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΆΠΈΠ»ΡΠ΅).
narrate [nq'reIt], departure [dI'pQ:tSq], belongings [bI'lONINz]
"The fact that you wore no ornaments is a strong proof of your un-Barsoomian origin, while the absence of grotesque coverings might cause a doubt as to your earthliness."
I then narrated the details of my departure from the Earth, explaining that my body there lay fully clothed in all the, to her, strange garments of mundane dwellers. At this point Sola returned with our meager belongings and her young Martian protΓ©gΓ©, who, of course, would have to share the quarters with them.
Sola asked us if we had had a visitor during her absence (Π‘ΠΎΠ»Π° ΡΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ»Π° Π½Π°Ρ, Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π»ΠΈ Ρ Π½Π°Ρ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ Π²ΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π΅Π΅ ΠΎΡΡΡΡΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ), and seemed much surprised when we answered in the negative (ΠΈ ΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»Π°ΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ²Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΌΡ ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΡΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ). It seemed that as she had mounted the approach to the upper floors (ΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»ΠΎΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π»Π°ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ Π»Π΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΊ Π²Π΅ΡΡ Π½ΠΈΠΌ ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ°ΠΌ; approach β ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΡΠΏ) where our quarters were located (Π³Π΄Π΅ Π½Π°Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»ΠΎΡΡ Π½Π°ΡΠ΅ ΠΆΠΈΠ»ΡΠ΅), she had met Sarkoja descending (ΠΎΠ½Π° Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ»Π° ΡΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡΡΡΡΡ Π²Π½ΠΈΠ· Π‘Π°ΡΠΊΠΎΠ΄ΠΆΡ). We decided that she must have been eavesdropping (ΠΌΡ ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ½Π°, Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π±ΡΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°Π»Π°; to eavesdrop β ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ), but as we could recall nothing of importance (Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ Π²ΡΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΈΡΡ Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ) that had passed between us (ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π½ΠΎ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ Π½Π°ΠΌΠΈ; to pass β Π²ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°ΡΡΡΡΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅), we dismissed the matter as of little consequence (ΠΌΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΄Π°Π»ΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΠΌΡ Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ: Β«ΠΎΡΠ±ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΡ Π²ΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π½Π΅ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠΉ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΒ»; to dismiss β ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ³Π°ΡΡ, ΠΎΡΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ; consequence β ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅; Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ; it is of no consequence β ΡΡΠΎΠ½Π΅Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΠΎ), merely promising ourselves to be warned to the utmost caution in the future (ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅ ΡΠΎΠ±Π»ΡΠ΄Π°ΡΡ: Β«Π±ΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈΒ» Π² Π±ΡΠ΄ΡΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ; to warn β ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Π°ΡΡ, ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π³Π°ΡΡ).
descending [dI'sendIN],eavesdropping ['i:vz"drOpIN], caution ['kO:S(q)n]
Sola asked us if we had had a visitor during her absence, and seemed much surprised when we answered in the negative. It seemed that as she had mounted the approach to the upper floors where our quarters were located, she had met Sarkoja descending. We decided that she must have been eavesdropping, but as we could recall nothing of importance that had passed between us, we dismissed the matter as of little consequence, merely promising ourselves to be warned to the utmost caution in the future.
Dejah Thoris and I then fell to examining the architecture (ΠΠ΅ΠΆΠ° Π’ΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΈ Ρ Π·Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠ»ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΡΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π°ΡΡ ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΡΡΡ) and decorations of the beautiful chambers of the building we were occupying (ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΊΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°Ρ Π·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ΅ ΠΌΡ Π·Π°Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΈ). She told me that these people had presumably flourished over a hundred thousand years before (ΠΎΠ½Π° ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»Π° ΠΌΠ½Π΅, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠΎΡ Π½Π°ΡΠΎΠ΄, ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ, ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ°Π» Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ ΡΡΠ° ΡΡΡΡΡ Π»Π΅Ρ Π½Π°Π·Π°Π΄). They were the early progenitors of her race (ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π΄ΡΠ΅Π²Π½ΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠΌΠΈ Π΅Π΅ ΡΠ°ΡΡ; early β ΡΠ°Π½Π½ΠΈΠΉ; Π΄ΡΠ΅Π²Π½ΠΈΠΉ), but had mixed with the other great race of early Martians (Π½ΠΎ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Ρ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΎΠΉ Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠΉ Π΄ΡΠ΅Π²Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½), who were very dark, almost black (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ, ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ), and also with the reddish yellow race which had flourished at the same time (Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Ρ ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ-ΠΆΠ΅Π»ΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ°Π»Π° Π² ΡΡΠΎ ΠΆΠ΅ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ).
examining [Ig'zxmInIN], presumably [prI'zju:mqblI], progenitor [prou'dZenItq]
Dejah Thoris and I then fell to examining the architecture and decorations of the beautiful chambers of the building we were occupying. She told me that these people had presumably flourished over a hundred thousand years before. They were the early progenitors of her race, but had mixed with the other great race of early Martians, who were very dark, almost black, and also with the reddish yellow race which had flourished at the same time.
These three great divisions of the higher Martians (ΡΡΠΈ ΡΡΠΈ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΡ = ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΡΠΈΠΏΠ° Π²ΡΡΡΠΈΡ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½; division β Π΄Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅; ΠΊΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡ; ΡΠΈΠΏ) had been forced into a mighty alliance (Π²ΡΠ½ΡΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½Ρ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ /ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°ΡΡ/ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΎΡΠ·) as the drying up of the Martian seas (ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΌΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΉ) had compelled them to seek the comparatively few and always diminishing fertile areas (Π·Π°ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΈΡ ΠΈΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡ ΡΡΠ°Π²Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½Π½ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ΡΡ ΠΏΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄Π½ΡΠ΅ ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠΈ; to compel β Π·Π°ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΡΡ, ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΆΠ΄Π°ΡΡ), and to defend themselves, under new conditions of life (ΠΈ Π·Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π±Ρ Π² Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΡΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ), against the wild hordes of green men (ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ² Π΄ΠΈΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΏΠ»Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½: Β«ΠΎΡΠ΄Β» Π·Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΡ Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅ΠΉ).
Ages of close relationship and intermarrying (Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ° ΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ ΠΈ Π±ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ² ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΉ) had resulted in the race of red men (ΠΏΡΠΈΠ²Π΅Π»ΠΈ ΠΊ /ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ/ ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΡ Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅ΠΉ), of which Dejah Thoris was a fair and beautiful daughter (ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΈ Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Π΄ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΠ΅ΠΆΠ° Π’ΠΎΡΠΈΡ). During the ages of hardships and incessant warring between their own various races (Π·Π° Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΡ Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ ΠΈ Π½Π΅ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π½ΡΡ Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ), as well as with the green men (Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Ρ Π·Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ Π»ΡΠ΄ΡΠΌΠΈ), and before they had fitted themselves to the changed conditions (ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Π΅ ΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ ΠΊ ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΈΠΌΡΡ ΡΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΠΌ), much of the high civilization (Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ°Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΡΡ Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠΈΠ²ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠ·Π°ΡΠΈΠΈ) and many of the arts of the fair-haired Martians had become lost (ΠΈ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Ρ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠ² ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΡΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ); but the red race of today has reached a point (Π½ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½Π°Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΠ° ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½ Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠ³Π»Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΡΠΎΠ²Π½Ρ) where it feels that it has made up in new discoveries (ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΡΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΎΡΠΊΡΡΡΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ; to make up β Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡ, Π²ΠΎΡΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΡΡΡ) and in a more practical civilization for all (ΠΈ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ ΠΏΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΈΠ²ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠ·Π°ΡΠΈΠ΅ΠΉ Π²ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΎ) that lies irretrievably buried with the ancient Barsoomians (ΡΡΠΎ Π»Π΅ΠΆΠΈΡ Π±Π΅Π·Π²ΠΎΠ·Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ Π·Π°Ρ ΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ΅ Π²ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ Ρ Π΄ΡΠ΅Π²Π½ΠΈΠΌΠΈ Π±Π°ΡΡΡΠΌΠΈΠ°Π½Π°ΠΌΠΈ; irretrievable β Π±Π΅Π·Π²ΠΎΠ·Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠΌΡΠΉ; to retrieve β Π²ΠΎΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π°Π²Π»ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ, Π²ΠΎΠ·Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡ Π² ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ½Π΅Π΅ ΡΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅), beneath the countless intervening ages (ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ Π±Π΅ΡΡΠΈΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ /Π½Π°ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ/ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΠΈΡ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠΎΠ²; to intervine β Π½Π°Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡΡΡ, Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°ΡΡ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ).