ing to see behind the
mask of exhaustion. "I'm a mannerless fool," he said at last. "But Mr.
Halloran, would you tell me what you're thinking? I mean, really
thinking? Even if it's rough on us!"

Halloran laughed softly. "I wasn't thinking about you at all, Dr.
Lansing. I was--and am--regretting that what I told the men couldn't be
the truth. It's too bad they'll have so short a time. It would be very
interesting to see what they would do with--_life_."

Knox scowled. "Seems like they haven't done much with it so far."

"Come along, general," Lansing said quietly. "You don't understand. None
of us do. We never did."

THE END

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