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reading from one other instrument at least. He could merely state the direction from which the gravity
influence emanated, as the actual antenna position of the G-meter was noted on the strip of paper.
Rayleigh roughly converted the angle values into data that had more meaning for him and discovered that
the impulses had come from тАШaboveтАЩ. Therefore the gravity transmitter was in all probability not to be
found on Hades itself but out in space. That result was important enough, it proved that the reading was
not produced by an interior disturbance within the base.

Peter Rayleigh arrived at this conclusion after short deliberation. He returned to his seat and called Capt.
Rous. Just as RousтАЩ face appeared on the small readout screen, Rayleigh saw that the illuminated pointer
of the G-meter was deflecting again.



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The orderly had a bewildered look on his face. Marshall Freyt hesitantly raised his eyes from the map he
and Gen. Deringhouse had been studying, still so deep in thought that he did not immediately notice the
young officerтАЩs confusion.

"YesтАж?" he asked absentmindedly.

"Excuse me, sir," said the orderly, "there is aтАж a young girl outside who wants to speak to you."

Freyt frowned. "A young girl? How do young girls get inside government headquarters?"

The orderly answered helplessly: "IтАж I donтАЩt know, sir. She had all the necessary papers for entry. IтАж
uhтАж"

"Name?"

"Toufry, sir. Ms. Betty Toufry."

Freyt started to laugh. "You should have said that right away. Show her in!"

The young officer saluted and withdrew more confused than ever. Gen. Deringhouse looked up from the
map, smiling as he watched him leave. A few moments later the тАШyoung ladyтАЩ who had so nonplussed the
officer appeared in the doorway.

It was difficult to guess Betty ToufryтАЩs age. One could take her for 17 or 18 if it werenтАЩt for her eyes,
which regarded the world with a wisdom far beyond that of a teenager. To judge by her eyes, Betty was
at least 30.

Only very few people knew that she was really about 80 years old. The secret of the enigmatic collective
entity on Wanderer that had granted Perry Rhodan and his closest associates a certain degree of
immortality was well guarded.

Betty Toufry seemed quite excited as she shook hands with Marshall Freyt and Gen. Deringhouse. Freyt
leaned back, offered her a chair and gazed at her intently.