"Frank Herbert - The Dragon In The Sea" - читать интересную книгу автора (Herbert Brian & Frank)

Ramsey caught this cue, also. He was the omniscient BuPsych electronics expert. The Man Who Knows
Your Innermost Thoughts. Ergo: You don't have Innermost Thoughts in this man's presence. With an
ostentatious gesture, Ramsey put his black box onto the table. He placed the cylinder beside it, managing
to convey the impression that he had plumbed the mysteries of the device and found them, somehow,
inferior.



What the devil is that thing? he wondered.
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"You've probably recognized that as a tight-beam broadcaster," said Holland.



Ramsey glanced at the featureless surface of the black cylinder. What would these people do if I claimed
X-ray vision? he asked himself. Obe must have hypnotized them.



Belland transferred his tone of deference-fear to Ramsey. "The EP's have been getting those things
aboard our subtugs. We think there's a delayed-action device which turns them on at sea. Unfortunately,
we've been unable thus far to dismantle one without exploding the anti-tamper charge."



Ramsey looked at Dr. Oberhausen, back to Belland, implying without words: "Well, if they'd turn these
problems over to BuPsych . . ."



The admiral rallied some of his Pride of Department, said, "Turner believes he has it solved, however."



Ramsey looked at the beet-faced lieutenant commander. And you'll be a rear-rank swabby if you fail, he
thought. The lieutenant commander tried to make himself inconspicuous.



The commodore to Dr. Oberhausen's right said, "Enemy agents aboard the tugs could be turning them
on."