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When they got to the I, they found that Clyde Lynds and his Protective Services guard had descended from the laboratory to set up ca studio, and they joined them there

The detectives were edgy as the evening began, but when Clyde Lynds suddenly deer to find Isaac Bell so Lynds could report to Bell, even Saunders and Holian were swept up in the scientist’s excitement

Detectives, Protective Service operatives, and Clyde Lynds gathered around Lynds’spicture on a white wall that served as a screen Mounted on both sides of the raph horns

“Listen to this!” shouted Lynds

His face alight with glee, Lynds grabbed the handle of an electrical switch and pulled it toward him

A woman’s voice came from the horns She sounded hoarse and far away, but every eye in the rooe of her lips, which moved in precise synchronization with the words she was speaking

Larry Saunders felt his own ht “Wait till Bell sees this It’s like she’s alive”

Clyde Lynds grinned with pride “We’re getting there,” he said “We’re on our way”

The wall on which the wo was projected moved

Clyde Lynds stared in puzzlement

The as sliding to his left, revealing darkness behind it that see picture And suddenly the woman’s face vanished, and where it had been was the smile of the German whom the Professor had named the Akrobat

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Men with guns in their hands flanked the Acrobat

Larry Saunders and Ti him as they reached for their pistols Saunders whipped his Colt fro speed