That is difficult to ascertain. The binary stars of the Swan are
thought to take 450 years going their circuit, and yet to be billions
of miles away from each other.
There is little danger of quarrelling at that distance apart, father.
Astronomers talk of stars running against one another. There are also
triple stars.
Three stars polkaing in and around each other! That is odd. Where are
there any?
In the Lyre and Scorpion. In the latter the colours are white, grey,
and yellow. In the Swan the largest star is very yellow, and its two
mates are blue. But more wonderful still, in Orion there are four stars
thus rolling round each other.”