But after I had finished he cross-examined me rather minutely upon my recollections of the radiant phases upon each appearance, checking these with Throckmartin's observations of the same phenomena in the Chamber of the Moon Pool.
"And now what do you think of it all ?" I asked.
He sat silent for a while, looking at Huldricksson.
"Not what you seem to think, Dr.Goodwin," he answered at last, gravely.

"Let me sleep over it.

One thing of course is certain--you and your friend Throckmartin and this man here saw--something.

But--" he was silent again and then continued with a kindness that I found vaguely irritating--"but I've noticed that when a scientist gets superstitious it--er--takes very hard! "Here's a few things I can tell you now though," he went on while I struggled to speak--"I pray in my heart that we'll meet neither the Dolphin nor anything with wireless on board going up.

Because, Dr.
Goodwin, I'd dearly love to take a crack at your Dweller.
"And another thing," said O'Keefe.