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stretched out more comfortably because the bed was much too small for him. Within a few minutes he fell
asleep.




3/ PANIC IN THE STREETS



When he awoke it was already past noon. Somebody knocked on the door.

"Frokja!" he calledтАФcareful to use his best Mirsalese for "enter".

Rosita stepped into the room. "I hope you had a good rest," she said with a hint of sarcasm. "You sleep
through the most important things."

"HowтАЩs that? WhatтАЩs happening?"

"LloydтАЩs posthypnotic suggestion has taken effect. The little old man downstairs is convinced that he
took our papers from us for safekeeping and then misplaced them later. The police are here to question
us and issue new credentials."

Rous jumped up. "Good! IтАЩll be there!"

There were 4 policemen altogether who were waiting downstairs in the lobby. By the time Rous got
there, Lloyd and Rosita were already there ahead of him.

A deposition was made of the testimony of the little man who seemed to be the hotel business manager.
After that, Rous and his companions were questioned concerning their origin and their purpose or
intentions. They furnished satisfactory particulars because meanwhile they had thoroughly informed
themselves concerning their optional homeland of Wollaston. Rous pretended to know nothing about the
requirement for special travel permits. He let on that he and his friends had left Resaz 5 days ago and
traveled to Keyloghal with many interruptions and that they discovered there that the entire village had
died out or been deserted. From that point onward they had come to Fillinan on foot.

One of the 4 policemen was an elderly, grey-haired little man whose uniform indicated he held a higher
rank than the other 3. He had introduced himself as Commissioner Flaring.

At the end of the interview he wanted to know something else. "WerenтАЩt you concerned about the
disappearance of the villagers?"

"Naturally. We were very curious as to where they might have gone. We thought that maybe there had
been an evacuation for some important reason or other and we hurried to get to Fillinan."

"Why?"

Rous gave a slight shrug. "WellтАж it could be that you had detected a subterranean volcano that was
ready to erupt and you might have evacuated everybody for that reason."
Flaring appeared to be satisfied with this explanation. "Did you by chance happen to see an omnibus in