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Verkan Vall lay motionless, wondering how long the next move would be in coming. Then he heard a thud above him, followed by a furious tearing as the nighthound ripped the blanket and began rending at the seat cushion. "Hope it gets a paw full of seat springs," Verkan Vall commented mentally. He had already found a stone about the size of his two fists, and another slightly smaller, and had put one in each of the side pockets of the coat. VERKAN VALL LAY MOTIONLESS WONDERING HOW LONG THE NEXT MOVE WOULD BE IN COMING THEN HE HEARD A THUD ABOVE HIM FOLLOWED BY A FURIOUS TEARING AS THE NIGHTHOUND RIPPED THE BLANKET AND BEGAN RENDING AT THE SEAT CUSHION HOPE IT GETS A PAWFUL OF SEAT SPRINGS VERKAN VALL COMMENTED MENTALLY HE HAD ALREADY FOUND A STONE ABOUT THE SIZE OF HIS TWO FISTS AND ANOTHER SLIGHTLY SMALLER AND HAD PUT ONE IN EACH OF THE SIDE POCKETS OF THE COAT
ight-inch slashing-claw of the nighthound's right intermediary limb had raked him; only the instinctive motion of throwing up his arm, and the fact that he wore the revolver in a shoulder-holster, had saved his life. The nighthound was prowling around the jeep, whining frantically. It was badly confused. It could see quite well, even in the close darkness of the starless night; its eyes were of a nature capable of perceiving infrared radiations as light. There were plenty of these; the jeep's engine, lately running on four-wheel drive, was quite hot. Had he been standing alone, especially on this raw, chilly night, Verkan Vall's own body-heat would have lighted him up like a jack-o'-lantern. Now, however, the hot engine above him masked his own radiations. Moreover, the poison-roach scent on his coat was coming up through the floor board and mingling with the scent on the seat, yet the nighthound couldn't find the two-and-a-half foot insectlike thing that should have been producing it. DED BOTH HANDS TO DRAW THE EIGHT INCH SLASHING CLAW OF THE NIGHTHOUND'S RIGHT INTERMEDIARY LIMB HAD RAKED HIM ONLY THE INSTINCTIVE MOTION OF THROWING HIS ARM UP AND THE FACT THAT HE WORE THE REVOLVER AND SHOULDER HOLSTER HAD SAVED HIS LIFE THE NIGHTHOUND WAS PROWLING ROUND THE JEEP WHINING FRANTICALLY IT WAS BADLY CONFUSED IT COULD SEE QUITE WELL EVEN IN THE CLOSE DARKNESS OF THE STARLESS NIGHT ITS EYES WERE OF A NATURE CAPABLE OF PERCEIVING INFRED RADIATIONS AS LIGHT THERE WERE PLENTY OF THESE THE JEEP'S ENGINE LATELY RUNNING ON FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WAS QUITE HOT HAD HE BEEN STANDING ALONE ESPECIALLY ON THIS RAW CHILLY NIGHT VERKAN VALL'S OWN BODY HEAT WOULD HAVE LIGHTED HIM UP LIKE A JACK O' LANTERN NOW HOWEVER THE HOT ENGINE ABOVE HIM MASKED HIS OWN RADIATIONS MOREOVER THE POISON ROACH SCENT ON HIS COAT WAS COMING UP THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARD AND MINGLING WITH THE SCENT ON THE SEAT YET THE NIGHTHOUND COULDN'T FIND THE TWO AND A HALF FOOT INSECTLIKE THING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRODUCING IT
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