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would be short. But he wished that
Keogh had not had a son.
Curt interrupted. "Simon, I've been
talking to Harker. The council is
tonight, only a few hours away. And
you will have to go alone into the
Inner City, for there Harker is not
allowed to enter.
"But Otho and I are going to try to
get around Moneb and into the council
hall, secretly. Harker tells me that was
Keogh's idea, and it's a good one - if
it works. Grag will stay with the ship,
on call if necessary."
He handed Simon two objects, a
small mono-wave audio disc and a
heavy metal box only four inches
square.
"We'll keep in touch with the
audios," he said. "The other is a hasty
B
adaptation of the Comet's own
repellor field, but tuned for sonic
vibrations. I had to rob two of the coil
units. What do you think of it?"
Simon examined the tiny box, the
compact, cunning interior
arrangement of oscillators, the capsule
power unit, the four complicated
grids.
"The design might have been
further simplified, Curtis - but, under
the circumstances, a creditable job. It
will serve very well, in case of
necessity."
"Let's hope," said Curt feelingly,
"that there won't be any such case."
He looked at Simon and smiled. His
eyes held a deep pride and admiration.
"Good luck," he said.
Simon held out his hand. It was
long and long since he had done that.
He was amazed to find his voice
unsteady.
"Take care," he said. "All of you."
He turned and went out, going still
a bit uncertainly, and behind him he
heard Curt speaking low and savagely
to Harker.
"If you let anything happen to him,