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The Captain
The Lieutenant arrives on Mars via rocket at the end of the story with the captain, with the goal of rescuing the current settlers and expanding upon the American-built settlement. Like the captain, he is surprised to find the settlement deserted. As the captain rambles on about potential new place names, the Lieutenant appears to be lost in thought and gazes at the misty mountains in the distance—suggesting that he, too, will succumb to the pull of the Martian environment.
The Lieutenant Quotes in Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed
The Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed quotes below are all either spoken by The Lieutenant or refer to The Lieutenant. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed
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“ Lots to be done, Lieutenant.” His voice droned on and quietly on as the sun sank behind the blue hills. “ New settlements. Mining sites, minerals to be looked for. Bacteriological specimens taken. The work, all the work. And the old records were lost. We’ll have a job of remapping to do, renaming the mountains and rivers and such. Calls for a little imagination.
“What do you think of naming those mountains the Lincoln Mountains, this canal the Washington Canal, those hills—we can name those hills for you, Lieutenant. Diplomacy. And you, for a favor, might name a town for me. Polishing the apple. And why not make this the Einstein Valley, and farther over . . . are you listening, Lieutenant?”
The lieutenant snapped his gaze from the blue color and the quiet mist of the hills far beyond the town.
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The Lieutenant Quotes in Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed
The Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed quotes below are all either spoken by The Lieutenant or refer to The Lieutenant. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed
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“ Lots to be done, Lieutenant.” His voice droned on and quietly on as the sun sank behind the blue hills. “ New settlements. Mining sites, minerals to be looked for. Bacteriological specimens taken. The work, all the work. And the old records were lost. We’ll have a job of remapping to do, renaming the mountains and rivers and such. Calls for a little imagination.
“What do you think of naming those mountains the Lincoln Mountains, this canal the Washington Canal, those hills—we can name those hills for you, Lieutenant. Diplomacy. And you, for a favor, might name a town for me. Polishing the apple. And why not make this the Einstein Valley, and farther over . . . are you listening, Lieutenant?”
The lieutenant snapped his gaze from the blue color and the quiet mist of the hills far beyond the town.
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