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Gloge glanced at Barbara. His thoughts whirling. She nodded, smiled.
'Come in!' Dr Gloge said harshly, too loudly.
Hammond entered the room. 'Why, Mr. Hammond!' Barbara exclaimed. Her face was flushed; she
looked embarrassed and confused.
Hammond had stopped, as he caught sight of her. He sensed a mental probing. His brain put up a
harrier, and the probing ceased.
Their eyes met; and there was a flicker of consternation in hers. Hammond smiled ironically. Then he
said in a steely voice: 'Stay where you are, Barbara. I'll talk to you later.' His voice went up. 'Come on in,
Ames!' he called.
There was threat in his tone; and Dr Gloge sent a quick, desperate, appealing glance at Barbara. She
gave him an uncertain smile. The look of earnest, fumbling innocence with which she had greeted
Hammond had left her face, leaving it resigned but alert.
Hammond gave no sign of being aware of the change.
'Ames,' he said to the first of the three men who came in through the library from the specimen room
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Dr Gloge recognized Wesley Ames, the chief of Research Alpha's security staff 'this is Barbara
Ellington. Take charge of that handbag she's holding. Allow no one to enter this office. Miss Ellington is
not to leave and is not to be permitted to touch any object in this room. She is to stay in that chair until I
return with Dr Gloge.'
Wesley Ames nodded. Understood, Mr. Hammond!' He glanced at his men, one of whom went to the
office door and locked it, while Ames turned to Barbara. She handed him her purse without comment.
'Doctor, come with me,' Hammond said curtly. Dr Gloge followed him into the library. Hammond
closed: the door behind him.
'Where's Vince?' he said in an inexorable voice.
'Really, Mr. Hammond,' Gloge protested. 'I don't '
Hammond stepped toward him abruptly. The movement seemed a threat. Dr Gloge cringed, expecting
to be manhandled. Instead, the bigger man firmly caught his arm and pressed a tiny metal object against
his bare wrist.
'Tell me where Vince is!' Hammond commanded.
Gloge parted his lips to deny any knowledge of Barbara's boyfriend. Instead, the confession of what he
had done poured forth from him. As he realized what he was admitting, Gloge tried desperately to stop
himself from talking. He had already divined that the metal touching his skin was some kind of a hypnotic
device, and so he tried to pull his arm from Hammond's grasp.
It was a vain effort.
'How long ago did you drown him?' Hammond asked. 'About an hour ago,' said Dr Gloge hopelessly.
At that instant shouts came from the adjoining office. The door was pulled open. Wesley Ames stood
there, ashen faced.
'Mr. Hammond she's gone!'
Hammond darted past him into the office. Dr Gloge, hurried after, legs trembling. As he reached the
door, Hammond already was coming back into the office with one of the security men from the hall on
the other side. Ames and the other man stood in the center of the office, looking about with stupefied
expressions.
Hammond dosed the door, said to Ames, 'Quickly, now! What happened?'
Ames threw his hands up in a gesture of furious frustration.
'Mr. Hammond, I don't know. We were watching her. She was there in the chair; then she wasnot
there, that's all. He' he indicated one of the men 'was standing with his back to the door. When we
saw she was gone, he was sitting on the floor next to the door! The door was open. We ran into the hall,
but she wasn't there. Then I called you.'
'How long had you been watching her?' Hammond asked
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'How long?' Ames gave him a dazed look. 'I had just taken my mother down the hall to the elevator '
He stopped, blinked. 'Mr. Hammond, what am I saying? My mother's been dead for eight years!'
Hammond said softly, 'So that's her little trick. She reached to that deep of the heart where the pure,
unsullied dead are enshrined. And I thought she was only trying to read my mind!'
He broke off, said in a clear, commanding voice: 'Wake up Ames! You three have been gone from the
world for a couple of minutes. Don't worry about how Miss Ellington did it. Get her description to the
exits. If she's seen approaching by a guard, tell him to keep her at a distance at gun point.'
As the three hurried from the office, he indicated a chair to Dr Gloge. Gloge sat down, senses swimming,
as Hammond took a pencil-shaped device from his pocket, pressed it, and stood waiting.
On the fifth floor of the Research Alpha complex, Helen Wendell picked up the small private phone at
the side of her - desk, said, 'Go ahead, John.'
'Switch all defense and trap screens on immediately!' Hammond's voice told her. 'Gloge's drowned
Strather as an experimental failure. But the other one's awake and functioning. It's hard to know what
she'll do next, but she may find it necessary to get to my office as a way of getting out of this building
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Gloge glanced at Barbara. His thoughts whirling. She nodded, smiled.
'Come in!' Dr Gloge said harshly, too loudly.
Hammond entered the room. 'Why, Mr. Hammond!' Barbara exclaimed. Her face was flushed; she
looked embarrassed and confused.
Hammond had stopped, as he caught sight of her. He sensed a mental probing. His brain put up a
harrier, and the probing ceased.
Their eyes met; and there was a flicker of consternation in hers. Hammond smiled ironically. Then he
said in a steely voice: 'Stay where you are, Barbara. I'll talk to you later.' His voice went up. 'Come on in,
Ames!' he called.
There was threat in his tone; and Dr Gloge sent a quick, desperate, appealing glance at Barbara. She
gave him an uncertain smile. The look of earnest, fumbling innocence with which she had greeted
Hammond had left her face, leaving it resigned but alert.
Hammond gave no sign of being aware of the change.
'Ames,' he said to the first of the three men who came in through the library from the specimen room
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Dr Gloge recognized Wesley Ames, the chief of Research Alpha's security staff 'this is Barbara
Ellington. Take charge of that handbag she's holding. Allow no one to enter this office. Miss Ellington is
not to leave and is not to be permitted to touch any object in this room. She is to stay in that chair until I
return with Dr Gloge.'
Wesley Ames nodded. Understood, Mr. Hammond!' He glanced at his men, one of whom went to the
office door and locked it, while Ames turned to Barbara. She handed him her purse without comment.
'Doctor, come with me,' Hammond said curtly. Dr Gloge followed him into the library. Hammond
closed: the door behind him.
'Where's Vince?' he said in an inexorable voice.
'Really, Mr. Hammond,' Gloge protested. 'I don't '
Hammond stepped toward him abruptly. The movement seemed a threat. Dr Gloge cringed, expecting
to be manhandled. Instead, the bigger man firmly caught his arm and pressed a tiny metal object against
his bare wrist.
'Tell me where Vince is!' Hammond commanded.
Gloge parted his lips to deny any knowledge of Barbara's boyfriend. Instead, the confession of what he
had done poured forth from him. As he realized what he was admitting, Gloge tried desperately to stop
himself from talking. He had already divined that the metal touching his skin was some kind of a hypnotic
device, and so he tried to pull his arm from Hammond's grasp.
It was a vain effort.
'How long ago did you drown him?' Hammond asked. 'About an hour ago,' said Dr Gloge hopelessly.
At that instant shouts came from the adjoining office. The door was pulled open. Wesley Ames stood
there, ashen faced.
'Mr. Hammond she's gone!'
Hammond darted past him into the office. Dr Gloge, hurried after, legs trembling. As he reached the
door, Hammond already was coming back into the office with one of the security men from the hall on
the other side. Ames and the other man stood in the center of the office, looking about with stupefied
expressions.
Hammond dosed the door, said to Ames, 'Quickly, now! What happened?'
Ames threw his hands up in a gesture of furious frustration.
'Mr. Hammond, I don't know. We were watching her. She was there in the chair; then she wasnot
there, that's all. He' he indicated one of the men 'was standing with his back to the door. When we
saw she was gone, he was sitting on the floor next to the door! The door was open. We ran into the hall,
but she wasn't there. Then I called you.'
'How long had you been watching her?' Hammond asked
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'How long?' Ames gave him a dazed look. 'I had just taken my mother down the hall to the elevator '
He stopped, blinked. 'Mr. Hammond, what am I saying? My mother's been dead for eight years!'
Hammond said softly, 'So that's her little trick. She reached to that deep of the heart where the pure,
unsullied dead are enshrined. And I thought she was only trying to read my mind!'
He broke off, said in a clear, commanding voice: 'Wake up Ames! You three have been gone from the
world for a couple of minutes. Don't worry about how Miss Ellington did it. Get her description to the
exits. If she's seen approaching by a guard, tell him to keep her at a distance at gun point.'
As the three hurried from the office, he indicated a chair to Dr Gloge. Gloge sat down, senses swimming,
as Hammond took a pencil-shaped device from his pocket, pressed it, and stood waiting.
On the fifth floor of the Research Alpha complex, Helen Wendell picked up the small private phone at
the side of her - desk, said, 'Go ahead, John.'
'Switch all defense and trap screens on immediately!' Hammond's voice told her. 'Gloge's drowned
Strather as an experimental failure. But the other one's awake and functioning. It's hard to know what
she'll do next, but she may find it necessary to get to my office as a way of getting out of this building
fast.' [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]