The Projected Man Page #2

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I hope Dr. Mitchel made it

quite clear this morning

that I can not agree again

to these demonstrations

being taken at short notice.

Quite clear.

You see, I have to warn other projects

that may be needing power.

These matters have to

be properly programmed.

I said Dr. Mitchel made your point.

Good.

Well, I won't interrupt you any further.

Goodnight, Professor Steiner.

Dr. Hill.

Please don't think the

foundation finds you unwelcome.

Thank you, Dr. Blanchard.

Paul, look at this.

Why didn't you tell me

about Professor Steiner's

arrangement with Dr. Hill?

He said he'd tell you himself.

What Professor Steiner

wanted to tell me himself

is immaterial.

You represent me on this project.

I hope you haven't forgotten

where your loyalties lie.

My loyalties belong to the foundation.

Very proper.

Miss Anderson,

I have agreed

that Dr. Hill be working

here for a short time.

But I must emphasize that in future,

no visitor to this

department must be admitted

without my personal authority.

Is that clear?

Yes, sir.

Ha.

What are you doing?

Dictating reports.

Well leave it.

Come with me.

Mitchel,

I want you to regard what I'm about to say

as highly confidential.

Yes, sir.

I've been instructed that next Tuesday

the ministry is sending Professor Lembach

of the Geneva Institute down

to witness a demonstration

of Professor Steiner's

projection experiment.

Professor Lembach, yes.

Obviously it will be

necessary for you to know

you will have preparations to make

but I would be obliged

if you didn't mention the

visit to Professor Steiner.

That is, for the time being.

But Dr. Blanchard...

Mitchel, please, please.

There are reasons why the

visit should not be announced.

I will, myself, inform

Professor Steiner in ample time.

In that case, why tell me?

As I said, Mitchel,

you are my representative,

not Steiner's.

That should be sufficient.

I still don't understand.

It's not going to be

as simple as we thought.

I had hoped that Lembach's

visit would throw him,

but he seems to be more

advanced than I'd imagined.

He's brought in a pathologist.

You're in no position to

allow anything to go wrong now.

But what can

I do? My hands are tied.

You'll have to use your

position with the ministry

to delay the demonstration

until I found out how far he's got.

Put it off?

After I've spent three exhausting days

heckling the minister to arrange it?

But you have to accept

that things have changed in three days.

He may have achieved some

sort of breakthrough.

I must find out before any

official demonstration...

I'm quite uninterested.

Really, I am.

That demonstration will

take place but it will fail.

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