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spirits. Somehow the beauty above
only accentuated the dreariness below.
Curt Newton said sharply, "If
Keogh doesn't come tonight, I'm
going down there and look for him."
He looked outward through a rift in
T
the lichens, to the valley where Moneb
lay--a city indistinct with night and
distance, picked out here and there
with the light of torches.
Simon spoke, his voice coming
precise and metallic through the
artificial resonator."Keogh's message
warned us on no account to go into the
city. Be patient, Curtis. He will
come."
Otho nodded. Otho, the lean, lithe
android who was so exactly human
that only a disturbing strangeness in
his pointed face and green, bright eyes
betrayed him.
"Apparently," Otho said, "there's a
devil of a mess going on in Moneb,
and we're liable to make it worse if
we go tramping in before we know
what it's all about."
HE manlike metal form of Grag
moved impatiently in the shadows
with a dull clanking sound. His
booming voice crashed loud against
the stillness.
"I'm like Curt," he said. "I'm tired
of waiting."
"We are all tired," said Simon. "But
we must wait. From Keogh's
message, I judge that he is neither a
coward nor a fool. He knows the
situation. We do not. We must not
endanger him by impatience."
Curt sighed. "I know it." He settled
back on the block of stone where he
was sitting. "I only hope he makes it
soon. These infernal lichens are
getting on my nerves."
Poised, effortlessly upon the unseen
magnetic beams that were his limbs,
Simon watched and brooded. Only in
a detached way could he appreciate
the picture he presented to others --a