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rocket.
тАЮThis is getting us nowhere,тАЬ the doctor admitted. тАЮJust where was I when
you found me?тАЬ
тАЮRight in the gateway,тАЬ Morrie told him. тАЮYou were collapsed on your face
and-тАЮ
тАЮJust a minute. On my face?тАЬ
тАЮYes. You were-тАЮ
тАЮBut how did I get knocked on my face? I was facing toward your testing
ground when the lights went out. IтАЩm sure of that. I should have fallen
backwards.тАЬ
тАЮWell . . . IтАЩm sure you didnтАЩt, sir. Maybe it was a ricochet, as you said.тАЬ
тАЮHmm. . . maybe.тАЬ The doctor looked around. There was nothing near the
gate which would make a ricochet probable. He looked at the spot where he
had lain and spoke to himself.
тАЮWhat did you say, doctor?тАЬ
тАЮUh? Oh, nothing, nothing at all. Forget it. It was just a silly idea I had. It
couldnтАЩt be.тАЬ He straightened up as if dismissing the whole thing.
тАЮLetтАЩs not waste any more time on my vanishing тАЪblunt instrument.тАЩ It was just
curiosity. LetтАЩs get on back.тАЬ
The clubhouse was a one-story frame building about twenty feet square. One
wall was filled with RossтАЩs chemistry workbench with the usual clutter of test-
tube racks, bunsen burners, awkward-looking, pretzel-like arrangements of
glass tubing, and a double sink which looked as if it had been salvaged from
a junk dealer. A home-made hood with a hinged glass front occupied one
end of the bench. Parallel to the adjacent wall, in a little glass case, a
precision balanceтАЩ of a good make but of very early vintage stood mounted
on its own concrete pillar.
тАЮWe ought to have air-conditioning,тАЬ Ross told the doctor, тАЮto do really
good work.тАЬ
тАЮYou havenтАЩt done so badly,тАЬ Cargraves commented. The boys had covered
the rough walls with ply board; the cracks had been filled and the interior
painted with washable enamel. The floor they had covered with linoleum,
salvaged like the sink, but serviceable. The windows and door were tight.
The place was clean.
тАЮHumidity changes could play hob with some of your experiments, however,тАЬ
he went on. тАЮDo you plan to put in air-conditioning sometime?тАЬ
тАЮI doubt it. I guess the Galileo Club is about to fold up.тАЬ
тАЮWhat? Oh, that seems a shame.тАЬ
тАЮIt is and it isnтАЩt. This fall we all expect to go away to Tech.тАЬ
тАЮI see. But arenтАЩt there any other members?тАЬ
тАЮThere used to be, but theyтАЩve moved, gone away to school, gone in the
army. I suppose we could have gotten new members but we didnтАЩt try. Well .
. we work together well and,. . . you know how it is.тАЬ
Cargraves nodded. He felt that he knew more explicitly than did the boy.
These three were doing serious work; most of their schoolmates, even
though mechanically minded, would be more interested in needling a
stripped-down car up to a hundred miles an hour than in keeping careful
notes.
тАЮWell, you are certainly comfortable here. ItтАЩs a shame you canтАЩt take it with
you.тАЬ A low, wide, padded seat stretched from wall to wall opposite the