X-ray vision takes us into the secret  coeur  of the  mécanique  stomach. Here you can see, stripped bare by the screw driver, some of the most basic elements of this  mécanique  life. The rotary cam at bottom frame is also going round and round, like  terre  seen from above one of its poles. Invisible to earthlings, but somehow clearly apparent from outerspace, is a nearby and linked piece of super-planetary and perhaps holy metal, called the Maltese Cross. Through their close connection, the happy Newtonian motion of the Globe is converted to stopped motions, which are communicated through the authority of the Maltese  croix  to the great astral realms which surround the  terre  in clock-like brilliance. There, this power is used to run blenders (which mix missing souls into composite doughs), toasters (which bake and make the  corps  of future Christ-like humans), and wrappers (which place new people in pre-printed packages that have clear warnings and monopoly-set pricings printed in very small letters on the outside).     Au printemps 1915, on retrouve James Hive-Maker en France, près d'Ypres où rage la guerre des gaz de combat.