e had heard, Luke gathered that there was to be no trouble
about his own pardon. Oddly enough, this gave him no satisfaction.
Something had happened to him--inside. For the first time he realised
his debt to society and would have preferred that just sentence be
carried out upon him. But not in that place, not in Vulcan's Workshop!
Luke shuddered.

* * * * *

And lying there, he swore a mighty oath that the remainder of his life
was to be devoted to entirely different pursuits. It was not too late to
face about, not too late to learn. If Fuller would help him, he _would_
learn. He had acquired a healthy respect for the book-learning he
formerly ridiculed, and he wanted some of it for himself--as much as he
could get. His old creed was forgotten, and his bitterness vanished.

"Luke!" At the scientist's husky whisper he turned his head. Fuller was
gazing at him with wide, solemn eyes.

"Thanks, Luke," the thin lips murmured.

"Thanks yourself. Where'd we be right now if it wasn't for your radium?"

There was silence as they regarded one another.

"I need you, Luke," Fuller whispered then, "in my laboratory back home.
I'll be laid up for a long time, you know, and there's much to be done.
Your brawn and my brain--we'll both profit. What do you say to that,
Fenton, will you do it?"

Luke grinned. "Will I? Just watch me!"

Then, with a queer lump choking him, Luke looked away. He could think of
no words to suit the occasion; he couldn't think at all somehow.

Blissfully, he fell asleep.

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