"Not exactly. No. Another 'surface,' but an earthly one. Often to our regret, all too earthly. More than that, I am reluctant—"
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So not another planet. That means there's something in the air where you'll land. But after coming down? So is it that heaven is above the Earth but upside down with Earth in their sky? And I say heaven because Randolph's disappointment in the place he's hinting at implies he (and others) expected the place to be better than Earth. "All too earthly" speaks volumes about what those horny angels must be getting up to.
Spoiler Alert: I'm going to spoil the end of this chapter! But I won't spoil any other media entertainment in a joking way so don't worry! Unless it's about Transformers: The Movie. I might spoil that!
So later, we discover the boys travel down into the Earth and through it via airship. In this way, they go down until they're going up so it's the opposite of what Randolph is saying (except that eventually, from the center of the Earth, you go up until you're going down, right?! But I don't think that's what Randolph means!). But in no way do I think Randolph is "regretful" of how the gnomes and people inside the earth are "all too earthly." Nobody has expectations of what they would be like and, if they had, they would absolutely expect them to be earthly because they're entirely of the Earth! They would be supra-earthly!
But heavenly beings should not be earthly. Which means the Chums of Chance must have a book entitled The Chums of Chance Meet God and His Fornicating Angelic Host.
Also, remember how I suspected Randolph might be an angel? Maybe that's why the "regret." Because he feels he doesn't live up to what earthlings expect from angels! He's lamenting his own failings and his own "earthiness."
Anyway, the Chums of Chance have definitely sailed to heaven.
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