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Then the wire glowed. But terror struck the men of the Council. They leapt to their feet, they ran from the table, and they stood pressed against the wall, huddled together, seeking the warmth of one another's bodies to give them courage. THEN THE WIRE GLOWED BUT TERROR STRUCK THE MEN OF THE COUNCIL THEY LEAPED TO THEIR FEET THEY RAN FROM THE TABLE THEY STOOD PRESSED AGAINST THE WALL HUDDLED TOGETHER SEEKING THE WARMTH OF ONE ANOTHER'S BODIES TO GIVE THEM COURAGE
r all the Scholars spoke at once, and they were angry and frightened. “A Street Sweeper! A Street Sweeper walking in upon the World Council of Scholars! It is not to be believed! It is against all the rules and all the laws!” But we knew how to stop them. “Our brothers!” we said. “We matter not, nor our transgression. It is only our brother men who matter. Give no thought to us, for we are nothing, but listen to our words, for we bring you a gift such as had never been brought to men. Listen to us, for we hold the future of mankind in our hands.” Then they listened. We placed our glass box upon the table before them. We spoke of it, and of our long quest, and of our tunnel, and of our escape from the Palace of Corrective Detention. Not a hand moved in that hall, as we spoke, nor an eye. Then we put the wires to the box, and they all bent forward and sat still, watching. And we stood still, our eyes upon the wire. And slowly, slowly as a flush of blood, a red flame trembled in the wire. AS IF A GREAT WIND HAD STRICKEN THE HALL FOR ALL THE SCHOLARS SPOKE AT ONCE AND THEY WERE ANGRY AND FRIGHTENED A STREET SWEEPER A STREET SWEEPER WALKING IN UPON THE WORLD COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS IT IS NOT TO BE BELIEVED IT IS AGAINST ALL THE RULES AND ALL THE LAWS BUT WE KNEW HOW TO STOP THEM OUR BROTHERS WE SAID WE MATTER NOT NOR OUR TRANSGRESSION IT IS ONLY OUR BROTHER MEN WHO MATTER GIVE NO THOUGHT TO US FOR WE ARE NOTHING BUT LISTEN TO OUR WORDS FOR WE BRING YOU A GIFT SUCH AS HAS NEVER BEEN BROUGHT TO MEN LISTEN TO US FOR WE HOLD THE FUTURE OF MANKIND IN OUR HANDS THEN THEY LISTENED WE PLACED OUR GLASS BOX ON THE TABLE BEFORE THEM WE SPOKE OF IT AND OF OUR LONG QUEST AND OF OUR TUNNEL AND OF OUR ESCAPE FROM THE PALACE OF CORRECTIVE DETENTION NOT A HAND MOVED IN THAT HALL AS WE SPOKE NOR AN EYE THEN WE PUT THE WIRES TO THE BOX AND THEY ALL BENT FORWARD AND SAT STILL WATCHING AND WE STOOD STILL OUR EYES UPON THE WIRE AND SLOWLY SLOWLY AS A FLUSH OF BLOOD A RED FLAME TREMBLED IN THE WIRE
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