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The younger man, in whose face the color came and went, and whose eyes were shining from dark hollows that marked long days and sleepless nights, still clung to the other's arm. THE YOUNGER MAN IN WHOSE FACE THE COLOUR CAME AND WENT AND WHOSE EYES WERE SHINING FROM DARK HOLLOWS THAT MARKED LONG DAYS AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS STILL CLUNG TO THE OTHER'S ARM
led him across the city, on what this greatest thing in the world might be. And he hoped with gentle skepticism that the enthusiasm was warranted. A young man opened the car door as they stopped. His face was flushed, Eddinger noted, hair pushed back in disarray, his shirt torn open at the throat. "Wait here," he told the driver and took the Professor by the arm to hurry him into a dilapidated building. "Not much of a laboratory," he said, "but we'll have better, you and I; we'll have better--" The room seemed bare with its meager equipment, but it was neat, as became the best student of Professor Eddinger. Rows of reagent bottles stood on the shelves, but the tables were a litter of misplaced instruments and broken glassware where trembling hands had fumbled in heedless excitement. "Glad to see you again, Avery." The gentle voice of Professor Eddinger had lost its tired tone. "It's been two years you've been working, I judge. Now what is this great discovery, boy? What have you found? R RIDE AWAY HE PONDERED AS THE CAR WHIRLED HIM ACROSS THE CITY ON WHAT THIS GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD MIGHT BE AND HE HOPED WITH GENTLE SCEPTICISM THAT THE ENTHUSIASM WAS WARRANTED A YOUNG MAN OPENED THE CAR DOOR AS THEY STOPPED HIS FACE WAS FLUSHED A GINGER NOTED HARE PUSHED BACK IN DISARRAY HIS SHIRT TORN OPEN AT THE THROAT WAIT HERE HE TOLD THE DRIVER AND TOOK THE PROFESSOR BY THE ARM TO HURRY HIM INTO A DILAPIDATED BUILDING NOT MUCH OF A LABARATREE HE SAID BUT WE'LL HAVE BETTER YOU AND I WE'LL HAVE BETTER THE ROOM SEEMED BARE WITH ITS MEAGRE EQUIPMENT BUT IT WAS NEAT AS BECAME THE BEST STUDENT OF PROFESSOR ADDINGER ROWS OF REAGENT BOTTLES STOOD ON THE SHELVES BUT THE TABLES WERE A LITTER OF MISPLACED INSTRUMENTS AND BROKEN GLASSWARE WHERE TREMBLING HANDS HAD FUMBLED IN HEEDLESS EXCITEMENT GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AVERY THE GENTLE VOICE OF PROFESSOR EDINGER HAD LOST ITS TIRED TONE IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING I JUDGE NOW WHAT IS THIS GREAT DISCOVERY BOY WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND
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