It becomes apparently just anordinary piece of
He pulled out a drawer and extracted something from
it which he threwacross to Lord Birlesmere. The Mayor said slowly: Do your
scientific men, your doctors, assureyou that this is quite useless?
She turned her eyes from his at last, downwards
upon the Stone. As Ive just saidtell them itdoesnt work; show them it doesnt
work.
Its like this- he began again, and again she
checked him. She looked at him through thedistances, and as if unconsciously put a
hand beneath her pillow. He looked out, and in the sky itself there was a change.
But hecould not put the edge to its work.
At last he stirred,put it down, and stood
up.
And if it does, show themsomething that
doesnt.
They certainly wont believe that that did anything,
Lord Birlesmeresaid.
He was being accused-it mustin the circumstances
surely be an accusation? Of course, we shalltry and get hold of all the
others.
Hepaused and the Mayor stared at him; then he
resumed.
I have come to know if you have any news for me, he
said. Tumulty tells me nothing, the Foreign Secretary was saying. They searchedand
quarrelled; they hunted and denounced.
The Hajjis voice called: Blessed be the Merciful,
the Compassionate! He looked out, and in the sky itself there was a change. Hehardly
saw himself saying to her, I have stolen this from you, and Iwant to use
it.
The second thing was-thank God its
stone.
I triedto get hold of him yesterday, but I couldnt.
No one would take it for the same thing, he said.
You might have asked me againfirst if you needed it
so much.
Well, so far as we can test them, the Home
Secretary answered, withan air of complete frankness. It isnt that I wouldnt-soon,
Frank answered. Am I losing my nerve and beginning to see things?
MoreRioting at Rich, they called, Official
Statement.