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His face, turned from the electelscope, was alive with excitement. "Here! Look!" "What is it?" "The asteroid! It's close!" In two strides Carse was at the eyepiece of the infra-red glass attached to the instrument. One look through it served to verify Ban's report. The asteroid of Dr. Ku Sui had at last appeared.
The minutes were slipping by, bringing the two-hour deadline ever closer, but he did not skimp his customary caution on approaching the laboratory. From the control room, he swept the electelscope over the surrounding terrain, and soon sighted the band of isuanacs Eliot Leithgow had mentioned.
Again he scrutinized the black untenanted wastes of space above. Far out, approaching as rapidly as it dared, was the Sandra. He wanted to be sure, so he cut in his mike and asked Leithgow if they had, through their electelscope, seen, Ku Sui leave the asteroid. The anxious scientist told him they had not.
The forward speed of the Sandra decreased to four hundred miles an hour, and still the Hawk studied the massive body behind.... A sputter sounded in the radio receiver. Carse turned away from the electelscope and listened to the heavy Venusian voice that was suddenly speaking to him from it. "Carse, I've got you! You've seen our ray, of course, but have you looked at your speed-indicator?
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