Part 26 (2/2)
Winston tested the scientist's reflexes, using a finger instead of the traditional rubber hammer
”Apparently I was badly shaken up, becausefished out of the water, and when I cae room
It turned out to be the cabin of the houseboat”
”Do you ree sensations, or s
”None The people on the houseboat were et into some of his spare clothes, and I did so
One of the women--the wife of the man who came here, I believe--made me a cup of hot consomme They told me I was apparently whole, no broken bones”
”They were very pleasant and helpful,” Rick ads, including co the scientist ho and rather uncomfortable pram Instead, Hartson Brant had waited on the houseboat while one of the ht the pram to the island with a request that someone follow him back in a more comfortable boat
Rick and Scotty had done so, and were al the scientist apparently unhurt and comfortable
”How does your head feel?” Parnell Winston demanded
”Rather stuffy,” the scientist adhts Parnell, why all these questions?”
The cyberneticist rubbed his bushy eyebroith both hands, a habit he had when agitated ”Hartson, as you know, I am not a doctor of ist, and consequently bodily reactions are faed?” Rick's heart stopped momentarily
”Yes I've looked for the mark of a hypoder was a light one, possibly a the accident and subsequent shock into account, and your pupils react slowly”
Rick came to a sudden decision He went to the desk and picked up the phone
”What are you doing?” Hartson Brant de Steve Aent on the wire and was giving him the details of the accident over the scraed by the houseboaters, as Dr Winston thinks, that means the enemy has his brain pattern!”
Steve Ames asked, ”Is Winston there?”
”Yes”
”Ask him a question for me Would the brain waves be considered quasi-optical?”
Steve h frequency that they would act like light Rick put the question to Winston
”Tell Steve the answer is a qualified yes”
Rick repeated the inforht Then we must assume that the brain scrambler--or whatever you call it--can operate only from short distances, approxiet out of town Have hi, then deliver him to the New York JANIG office We'll take it from there Got it?”