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"
I
had
nothing
to
do
with
it
!
"
said
Dr
.
Robert
Stadler
.
He
stood
still
by
the
side
of
his
desk
,
with
the
uncomfortable
feeling
of
having
missed
some
beat
of
time
,
of
not
knowing
how
long
the
preceding
moment
had
lasted
.
He
had
pronounced
the
words
aloud
,
in
a
tone
of
rancorous
sarcasm
directed
at
whoever
had
made
him
say
it
.
He
shrugged
.
Resting
on
the
belief
that
self
-
mockery
is
an
act
of
virtue
,
the
shrug
was
the
emotional
equivalent
of
the
sentence
:
You
’
re
Robert
Stadler
,
don
’
t
act
like
a
high
-
school
neurotic
.
He
sat
down
at
his
desk
and
pushed
the
book
aside
with
the
back
of
his
hand
.
Dr
.
Floyd
Ferris
arrived
half
an
hour
late
.
"
Sorry
,
"
he
said
,
"
but
my
car
broke
down
again
on
the
way
from
Washington
and
I
had
a
hell
of
a
time
trying
to
find
somebody
to
fix
it
—
there
’
s
getting
to
be
so
damn
few
cars
out
on
the
road
that
half
the
service
stations
are
closed
.
"
There
was
more
annoyance
than
apology
in
his
voice
.
He
sat
down
without
waiting
for
an
invitation
to
do
so
.
Dr
.
Floyd
Ferris
would
not
have
been
noticed
as
particularly
handsome
in
any
other
profession
,
but
in
the
one
he
had
chosen
he
was
always
described
as
"
that
good
-
looking
scientist
.
"
He
was
six
feet
tall
and
forty
-
five
years
old
,
but
he
managed
to
look
taller
and
younger
.
He
had
an
air
of
immaculate
grooming
and
a
ballroom
grace
of
motion
,
but
his
clothes
were
severe
,
his
suits
being
usually
black
or
midnight
blue
.
He
had
a
finely
traced
mustache
,
and
his
smooth
black
hair
made
the
Institute
office
boys
say
that
he
used
the
same
shoe
polish
on
both
ends
of
him
.
He
did
not
mind
repeating
,
in
the
tone
of
a
joke
on
himself
,
that
a
movie
producer
once
said
he
would
cast
him
for
the
part
of
a
titled
European
gigolo
.
He
had
begun
his
career
as
a
biologist
,
but
that
was
forgotten
long
ago
;
he
was
famous
as
the
Top
Co
-
ordinator
of
the
State
Science
Institute
.
Dr
.
Stadler
glanced
at
him
with
astonishment
—
the
lack
of
apology
was
unprecedented
—
and
said
dryly
,
"
It
seems
to
me
that
you
are
spending
a
great
deal
of
your
time
in
Washington
.
"
"
But
,
Dr
.
Stadler
,
wasn
’
t
it
you
who
once
paid
me
the
compliment
of
calling
me
the
watchdog
of
this
Institute
?
"
said
Dr
.
Ferris
pleasantly
.
