Chapter 15 Summary

Ransom crawls out of the mouth of the cavern and comes to rest, where he is nurtured by a special plant, and is surrounded by beautiful sights and song. He is only semiconscious, and is said to be breast-fed by the planet Venus, getting his sustenance from a beautiful plant hanging within reach without his having to pursue it.

Ransom becomes aware of his body as it heals. He realizes he has a wound on his heel that looks like a human bite. He is not aware of when or how he got the bite. However, it oozes blood continuously.

While resting and recuperating, Ransom gets bored enough to want to do something, so he carves a memorial to Weston in the side of the mountain.

Ransom struggles up the mountain he is on, struggling to get to the mountaintop. He comes to...