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Then he began to wave with both arms. For a moment or 2 he wasnтАЩt sure that it wouldnтАЩt be a better
idea to jump out of the way. But then the brakes squealed, the motor hum struck a deeper note, the bus
swerved to the right and came to a stop within a few yards of Rous. The stirred-up dust reflected enough
light so that he could make out the route sign: RESAZ-FILLINAN.

The passenger door swung open. A short little man sprang out.

"WhatтАЩs the matter?" he asked excitedly. "Why arenтАЩt there any people anywhere? Where have they all
disappeared to?"

Rous gave him the local sign of not knowingтАФa raised hand and a bent index fingerтАФand answered him
in the language which he had learned that morning in the course of an hour, utilizing the hyper-analyzer. "I
donтАЩt know. WeтАЩre strangers here. We arrived this morning. When we were within about a tenth of a
mile of the village, the people disappeared. Where do you come from?"

"From Resaz," replied the driver. "We left around 5 this morning. Between 5 and 8 we stopped at
Gollan, Gortrup, Vineigh and Bostall. Everything was still alright then. About half past 8 we got to
MillanderтАж and there wasnтАЩt a soul around. ThatтАЩs the way itтАЩs been ever sinceтАж"

Rous thought this over. They themselves had arrived at Keyloghal between 8 and 8:30 in the morning.
Apparently people everywhere had disappeared at the same time.

"Did you notice anything on the way?" he asked.

"No, nothing. Once we got to Millander I didnтАЩt have any more time to pay attention to other things. My
passengers started to panic. Some of them wanted to go back, others wanted to speed up and go ahead
and another bunch of them wanted me to take side roads because they thought the main highway was too
dangerous. I tell you I had my hands full to keep them all quiet or even to be able to keep on going."

Rous made a quick decision. "There are 3 of us here," he said. "Will you take us with you to Fillinan?"

"Sure, why not? From here on itтАЩs just 3 units per person."

Rous agreed. He didnтАЩt think it was necessary to mention that neither he nor Rosita nor Lloyd possessed
any native money. In Fillinan maybe something could be found with which to pay the driver in place of the
9 units of price for the fare.

He fetched Lloyd and Rosita from the house. Rosita wanted to know what he had in mind. "To go to
Fillinan," he answered curtly. "We wonтАЩt get another chance like this. Do you notice the people are so
worked up that they donтАЩt even react to our size?"

Lloyd put the case containing the micro-gear under his arm. Rosita went ahead of him.

The driver stared at her in some wonderment but he said nothing.

Directly behind him was a window bench that was empty. Rosita sat down there, followed by Fellmer
and Rous. But Rous sat closest to the driver so that he could see ahead through the windshield and keep
an eye on the road.

The passengers in the bus conversed excitedly and hardly paid any attention to the new arrivals. There