The Projected Man Page #3

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be trying to prevent me.

Paul, that's the voice of despair.

I'm sure we can get it in order again.

Do you think so?

Yes, I do.

If I stand here talking,

I'll never even get started.

Pat.

I wish I could be fully sure I trust him.

Why shouldn't you?

You're the only one I

have faith in now, Pat.

Don't desert me.

What do you mean?

He's paid by the foundation, not by me.

Pat, I've been watching both of you.

Be very careful before you go too far.

Paul, you're tired.

I think you ought to go home and rest.

I'll call you as soon as he's ready.

No.

I have to be sure that I'm ready.

Why?

What do you have in mind?

An idea.

Nothing more.

But I have succeeded!

My dear Paul,

this is neither the time

nor the place to argue.

Now we sit comfortably,

digesting Dr. Blanchard's

excellent dinner.

I am not arguing.

I am stating facts.

I have only to call my two

assistants who are waiting.

I can arrange a

demonstration tonight, now!

Steiner.

You are behaving inexcusably.

You were only invited

because Professor Lembach

wanted to meet you again

before returning to Geneva.

This is unfair.

My demonstration was ruined.

Demonstrations do go wrong, Paul.

I do not hold it against you.

But I can not remain in London.

I'm needed in Geneva.

My demonstration was sabotaged.

Nonsense.

It's true.

I have evidence.

This is my evidence.

It doesn't take a technical

mind to see the acid burns

on the ends of the connections.

If there had been sabotage,

Dr. Mitchel would've told me.

At my request, he did not.

Come with me and see for yourself!

Steiner!

I had no intention of telling you tonight,

but now you are forcing me.

Only this morning, my committee decided

they've gone far enough.

Your experiment will be abandoned.

Tomorrow you will start

dismantling your laboratory

to make room for another

and more urgent project.

I can not accept your decision.

It's monstrous.

I've achieved success.

You can not deny me my demonstration!

You have no choice.

How long will you gentlemen be here?

Some time, why?

Then I will give you

evidence that will force you

to reclaim my discovery.

I can not allow my friend to

leave in this state of mind.

Professor?

I think it would be

better to leave him alone.

Were you not hard on him, doctor?

It was not of my seeking.

In any case, he had to be told.

Under the circumstances,

this seemed as good a time as any.

What were his prospects of success?

Well,

like most other advanced experiments,

limited.

When are you letting me have your views

to put to my government?

Within a few days, professor.

Well, in that case,

I shall be very glad if

you will ask your committee

to delay their final decision

until I can see the process for myself.

We must none of us forget

just how brilliant a

man, Professor Steiner, is.

Hello?

Oh, Dr. Hill.

No, he isn't back yet.

Not back?

Have you heard from him?

No.

It's getting very late.

I can't stay much longer

or I'll miss my bus.

Who is it?

It's Dr. Hill.

Sheila, I need your help.

Of course, professor.

All right, come with me.

Leave it.

But it'll be Dr. Hill again.

I said leave it.

I want to know why Sheila

put the telephone down.

If he did...

But he said he would call

as soon as he was ready.

I think something's wrong.

I want to go back to the laboratory

and find out what's happened.

All right, all right.

I want to know what's happened too.

I'm sure I'll never

get it right, professor.

Now don't be frightened, Sheila.

When I raise my hand,

press this.

When all these lights are on,

press this.

Yes.

Press this, watch the lights.

The sound will then die down

and rebuild.

I've programmed the entire second stage.

All you have to remember

is when all these lights are burning,

press this.

I understand, professor.

Now don't be frightened.

When this is all over,

you can tell your boyfriends

that you helped trigger an experiment

that made scientific history.

Shelia!

Don't touch anything!

He's trying to project himself.

Sheila's disrupted the program.

What do we do?

Nothing.

I can't stop the program.

He wouldn't talk to us.

He knew we'd try and stop him.

He doesn't intend bringing himself back

to the target table.

Stop her Chris!

Don't push it too hard.

We got plenty of time.

Shut up, Gloria.

Three more minutes and we're done.

I'll go and take a look,

see if you've open up the neighborhood.

You get at it.

I meant get at that.

There will be time for the other, later.

What's that?

How the hell should I know?

A cat, I expect.

Never heard a cat make a noise like that.

Perhaps he was having a bit of fun

and she wasn't in the mood.

There you are, Gloria,

what did I tell you?

A flipping cat.

Relax girl, relax.

All right.

Oh God, I could do with a drink.

You'll be getting

something more than a drink

when we get through this lot.

Steve, hurry!

There's someone over there by that mound.

I can see him moving.

Well go and take a look.

If it's a bloke, chat him up.

But keep him away from here.

Hello there.

Have you got the time?

What the bloody hell did

she scream like that for?

How should I know?

I'm gonna go and take a look.

Gloria?

Gloria?

Gloria?

Come on, girl, wake up.

Don't muck about.

No.

Gloria?

Harry?

Where the hell are you?

Darling, get me

some asprin from the shop.

All right, mom.

Don't worry, dear.

I found a bottle in the dressing table.

Electrocution?

We found them slap in the

middle of a building site.

There was no power cable

within a hundred yards.

Come and look.

The burns are typical.

That'll be for me.

Inspector Davis.

Ah, Martin, you got it?

One's Harry Slinger,

The woman's Gloria King,

which must make the over Steve Lowe.

That's got to make quite

a whole in the road scary.

I'm sorry about old Harry, though,

he was so bloody bad at it.

What were they up to, exactly?

Of all things,

digging away into the furriers.

So crude, they nearly got away with it.

Want their pictures?

Wait a minute.

Will I be able to recognize them?

No, don't bother.

Just round up a few relatives

for formal identification.

The cause of death, I'm

told, was electrocution.

You better get down there

and see if you can find

out any reason why.

Electrocution?

Yes, I know.

See you later.

Well, let's have a look.

You chaps amaze me.

I barely finish an examination

and here you are putting names to them.

We amaze ourselves sometimes.

Yeah,

that's Lowe all right.

Well, well, well.

I've seen Harry in a good many positions,

but I never expected

to see him in this one.

You silly old fool.

And the woman's here, on the table.

I say she was scared too.

All three had a similar look.

Something else that might interest you.

Another body.

Another?

It, too, died of electrocution.

I thought that damned

Lembach would never go.

What's on Steiner's mind?

Something pretty

spectacular, if I know him.

Has he repaired the damage?

I don't know.

He and Mitchel have been

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