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"With a gun?"

The panting man said, "He watches the rats."

Doc Savage considered the point.

"You mean," he said, "that your pal sits there with a gun and watches the rat holes for the rats to come
out?"

"Oh, no! That ainтАЩt it." The man shook his head violently.

"How is it, then?"

"The rats are in glass bottles," the man explained.

Doc Savage said, "Why does your associate not pour water into the bottles and drown the rats, if he
wishes to be rid of them?"

"That ainтАЩt it. You donтАЩt get this right."

"No?"

"HeтАЩs afraid. My palтАЩs scared."

"Afraid of what?"

"I donтАЩt know."

Doc Savage said, "You are not making this very clear. By any chance are you wasting my time? I am
sorry, but there is a reception for foreign notables and army commanders here at the hotel, and I am
supposed to be in the receiving line. If this is not important, I will have to ask you to excuse me."

"Oh, gosh!" the man gasped. "Wait!"

He jammed a hand into a pocket, fumbled and brought out a piece of paper, which he unfolded.

"Here!" He thrust the paper forward. "Maybe that will explain. My pal wrote it."

Typing on the paper read:
Have given my diabetic rats arteriosclerosis and returned them to normal several times. Now complications have come
up. Would you be interested?

Bill Browder

Doc Savage shoved the paper in his pocket. "Can you take me to this pal of yours?"

"Sure!"

"Do it, then," Doc Savage said. "And quick."