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        "No, no."

        "You dont uand—"

        "Yes, I do. Its very simple. You promise to do as    take over as Director. Its not o uand. Youd . Lots of nies it for me. Im off. It stinks."

        "You ..."

        But ook off e coat and    on to a bag, a    a word. As soon as sook Sir Che phone.

        Several er, just before midnig, Dr. Malone parked side t    trance. But just as suro climb tairs, a man came out of anotartling her so much she nearly dropped her briefcase. he was

        wearing a uniform.

        "; he said.

        ood in the low brim of his cap.

        "Im going to my laboratory. I le angry, a little frightened.

        "Security.    some ID?"

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        "ill t; so operate the car park.

        it briefly.

        " are you doing    time of nig; he said.

        "Ive got an experiment running. I o cer periodically."

        o be searco forbid    exerg his power.

        Finally ood aside. S past, smiling at    his face remained blank.

        ory, sill trembling. t;security" in ter, and s. But it meant t stle time; so get it rig once, because o s be able to e back again.

        Scector and took a floppy disk from    and slipped it into ter t trolled the Cave.

        ite so manipulate t y of ask    as baffling as getting to make one whole.

        Finally s of    trodes on o type. S intensely self-scious.

        sure his is crazy.

        t of t surprise. S using a , sing system—and ting self on t     to stir on ts running automatically, puters monit tests and rec ts, tioning sampling and adjusting ty and temperature, all ts and pipe eries and t ... almost scious in fact.

        Sried again.

        Im trying to do    Ive     done before ate of mind, but Before seo t of ted:

        ASK A QUEStION.

        It    instantaneous.

        S as if sepped on a space t    t took several moments for o calm dain.    of t before she had finished.

        Are you Shadows? YES.

        Are you t? YES.

        And is t dark matter? YES.

        Dark matter is scious? EVIDENtLY.

        I said to Oliver t ion, is it CORRECt. BUt YOU O ASK MORE QUEStIONS.

        Sopped, took a deep breat rag. Every si     isnt    tions, and ansher mind.

        Syped again, and again to being h no disible pause.

        t is ansions isnt ?

        NO. BUt han one of you?

        UNtABLE BILLIONS But, w are you? ANGELS

        Mary Malones    up as a Cat—as Lyra    to    s angels. St. Augustine ;Angel is t of ture. If you seek ture, it is spirit; if you seek t is angel; from , from ;

        Dizzy, trembling, syped again:

        And Ster is w we ?

        FROM    E ARE, SPIRIt; FROM    E DO, MAttER. MAttER AND SPIRIt ARE ONE.

        Sening to s.

        And did you intervene in ion?

        YES Vengeance for—oh! RebeL angels!

        After tan and t it isnt true, is it? Is t E NO MORE tIME.

        But .

        Sook ill there when she looked again.

        O A ROAD CALLED SUNDERLAND AVENUE AND FIND A tENt. DECEIVE thROUGh.

        tAKE PROVISIONS FOR A LONG JOURNEY. YOU ILL BE PROtECtED. tERS ILL NOt tOUCh YOU.

        But I BEFORE YOU GO, DEStROY t.

        I dont uand.

        s t t DO IN t tAKING tROL OF It. DEStROY t. DO It NO AND GO At ONCE.

        Mary Malone pusood up, trembling. So emples and discovered trodes still attaco ook tly. S ed    s    and belief altogething had happened, and she was galvanized.

        Scector and ty codes and formatted ters    ; and terface betector and ted card, and put t     sed tromagic sector, and found t a ligo it. as t do muc Oliver Paynes kno tively demolished.

        So ook doer    ad left.

        ty guard anding at t of tairs, speaking into elep it ao trance, che glass door as she drove away.

        An er so find it on a map of Oxford; s kno of toill t s-up excitement, but as s out of    cool and silent and still all around    a definite lurc e joke?

        ell, it oo late to    t. Sted. Sed out ten taken on camping journeys in Scotland a at least so survive out of doors; if o , sake to the hills....

        Ridiculous.

        But so    turned into to ary. S     almost more foolis in her life.

        But as surrange crees t ill    somet least rue about all trees on t tent of red and    t electris put up to keep te transit van he windows.

        Better not ate. Sraigoent. epped out. it    reetlighe leaves above shone full on his face.

        "Could I ask o t tent."

        "Im afraid you t, madam. Ive got orders not to let anyone near it."

        "Good," s;Im glad t tected. But Im from tment of Prom asked us to make a preliminary survey and t back before t it properly. Its important t its done noand t."

        "ell, yes," ;But    anyto s;

        "O; so get at ems saken from tory een minutes    cable and tograp ook ted card and looked at it closely.

        "Dr. Olive Payne," ;Do you o kno;

        "O; "Do you know w;

        "At    any sense. ;

        "ell, I uand ion in yanizatioerminated, and s be allo,    orders to detain ries. And seeing a urally t you mig I mean. Excuse me, Dr. Payne."

        "A; said Mary Malo the card once more.

        "Still, t,"    baervous, ing to talk,    on. "Do you k?"

        "ell, not first; s;ts w;

        "I suppose it is. All rig;

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