Some discussion of the idea followed, and terrestrial maps, reproduced from atlases that had once formed part of the Skylark’s library, were brought in. Until then, it seemed, Prospero had been in favour of a landing on one of the great continental areas, where there would be no risk of falling into the sea, but eventually he came round to Pollenport’s point of view and promised to forward the suggestion to the appropriate council, endorsing it with his recommendation. “At least our engineers will probably accept it,” he said, as interpreted by Quince, “since it’s always been their claim that they could land the spaceship within a thousand paces of any given spot.”
Skylark’s Another factor that was bothering Prospero was the temper of the English natives. “We get the impression,” he said,
