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A Voyage to Other Worlds.
over, having said my private prayers, I prepared to go, but Posela remained kneeling. I waited and waited. Every one, except the attendants, had left the church, but Posela remained in an attitude of prayer. At last I had to touch him and whisper, "The service is over, and they will want to put the gas out soon."
"Over; and so soon! I thought this was merely the preliminary. How soon men are tired of prayer and praise!"
