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He met Lord Carse and Janet coming downstairs, and begged them to stay awhile, dreading, perhaps, a street encounter. But Lord Carse was bent on being gone immediately and had not another moment to spare.

"Now, please allow me to show you my coordinated brains in useful operation. Will you be seated again? You, too, Captain Carse." It was Ku Sui's show: there was nothing for the two men but to obey. But they felt, both of them, a great unnaturalness in being seated for the demonstration to come. "Thank you," the Eurasian said, and went to the panel flanking the case.

But Leithgow's answer was abstracted. Four minutes for Carse to come! Or else, everything lost! He busied himself helping the four surgeons and two of his own assistants into the white, sterilized gowns, and the masks that left only the eyes free and the skin-tight rubber gloves, but his mind was not with his actions.

Ku's gaze squarely; and the two men looked at each other: Hawk Carse, complete victor at last, and Ku Sui, the vanquished. The adventurer answered: "Your request is only natural, Dr. Ku. Certainly you may see them, and perhaps offer an opinion on their progress, which has so far been in the hands of your assistants. But I shall have to accompany you." "You are kind."

Nor will he leave his post till he finds the body, or " "Or sees me," cried Lady Carse, laughing. "Come, let us go and call to him, and tell him he may leave off poking among the weeds. Come; I will show you the way." And she ran on with the spirits and pace of a girl.

"Frankly, without them this whole structure" his hands swept out widely "my whole asteroidal kingdom, would have been impossible. Most of my problems in constructing it were solved here. And in the future other problems, far greater, will be solved here!" Hawk Carse by now understood very well Dr.

So he has made himself a courtier of the Prince of Wales. He has no idea of being thrust upon the dangers of rebellion while the event is uncertain; so he attaches himself in a useless way to the reigning family. And if Prince Charlie should succeed, Lord Carse can easily show that he never favoured King George or his minister, or did them any good. As for Lovat, he is ill and quiet at home."

Lady Carse, now sobered from everything but passion, protested that if he had had any sense or presence of mind, he might have detained the strangers till she could produce from her package proof of her rank and quality.

From that center of his kingdom he would make excursions to its furthest extremities, and, with God's will, either drive his enemies from the country, or perish with the sword in his hand, as became the descendant of William the Lion, as became the friend of William Wallace! Ruthven lay encamped on the Carse of Gowrie when this letter was delivered to him.

"Captain Carse," he whispered, coming close to the adventurer, "look, suh he's seein' it all! Shouldn't I blindfold him?" Carse shook his head, but turned to Dr. Ku, where he sat bound in the chair scrutinizing the visi-screen. "Yes, Doctor," he said, "there it is what you have searched for so long the refuge and the laboratory of Eliot Leithgow." "There, Captain?" murmured the Eurasian.