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For half an hour, he drove quickly along the valley roads. Now and then, he passed farmhouses, and dogs, puzzled and angered by the alien scent his coat bore, barked furiously. At length, he turned into a back road, and from this to the barely discernible trace of an old log road. FOR HALF AN HOUR HE DROVE QUICKLY ALONG THE VALLEY ROADS NOW AND THEN HE PASSED FARMHOUSES AND DOGS PUZZLED AND ANGERED BY THE ALIEN SCENT HIS COAT BORE MARKED FURIOUSLY AT LENGTH HE TURNED INTO A BACK ROAD AND FROM THIS TO THE BARELY DISCERNIBLE TRACE OF AN OLD LOG ROAD
ered that the Gavran family derived their title from their vast Venus hotlands estates; that Gavran Sarn, the man who had brought this thing to the Fourth Level, had been born on the inner planet. When Verkan Vall donned that coat, he would become his own living bait for the murderous fury of the creature he sought. At the moment, mastering his queasiness and putting on the coat, he objected less to that danger than to the hideous stench of the scent, to obtain which a valuable specimen had been sacrificed at the Dhergabar Museum of Extraterrestrial Zoology, the evening before. Carrying the wrapper and the spray-gun to an outside fireplace, he snapped his lighter to them and tossed them in. They were highly inflammable, blazing up and vanishing in a moment. He tested the electric headlamp on the front of his cap; checked his rifle; drew the heavy revolver, an authentic product of his line of operation, and flipped the cylinder out and in again. Then he got into the jeep and drove away.  NIGHTHOUND HE REMEMBERED THAT THE GAVRAN FAMILY DERIVED THEIR TITLE FROM THEIR VAST VENUS HOTLANDS ESTATES THAT GAVRAN SARN THE MAN WHO HAD BROUGHT THIS THING TO THE FOURTH LEVEL HAD BEEN BORN ON THE INNER PLANET WHEN VERKAN VALL DONNED THAT COAT HE WOULD BECOME HIS OWN LIVING BAIT FOR THE MURDEROUS FURY OF THE CREATURE HE SOUGHT AT THE MOMENT MASTERING HIS QUEASINESS AND PUTTING ON THE COAT HE OBJECTED LESS TO THAT DANGER THAN TO THE HIDEOUS STENCH OF THE SCENT TO OBTAIN WHICH A VALUABLE SPECIMEN HAD BEEN SACRIFICED AT THE DHERGABAR MUSEUM OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOOLOGY THE EVENING BEFORE CARRYING THE WRAPPER AND THE SPRAY GUN TO AN OUTSIDE FIREPLACE HE SNAPPED HIS LIGHTER TO THEM AND TOSSED THEM IN THEY WERE HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE BLAZING UP AND VANISHING IN A MOMENT HE TESTED THE ELECTRIC HEADLAMP ON THE FRONT OF HIS CAP CHECKED HIS RIFLE DREW THE HEAVY REVOLVER AN AUTHENTIC PRODUCT OF HIS LINE OF OPERATION AND FLIPPED THE CYLINDER OUT AND IN AGAIN THEN HE GOT INTO THE JEEP AND DROVE AWAY
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