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           ButjustasIwasabouttoknockIheardhergiggling,andaman’sansweringlaugh.

           Itwastoolateforthat.

           Iletmyselfintomyapartmentquietlyandstoodthereforawhileinthedark,notdaringtomove,notdaringtoturnonthelight.Juststoodthereandfeltthewhirlpoolinmyeyes.

           Whathashappenedtome?WhyamIsoaloneintheworld?

           4:30A.M.

           Thesolutioncametome,justasIwasdozingoff.Illuminated!Everythingfitstogether,andIseewhatIshouldhaveknownfromthebeginning.Nomoresleep.I’vegottogetbacktothelabandtestthisagainstthere­sultsfromthecomputer.This,finally,istheflawintheex­periment.I’vefoundit.

           Nowwhatbecomesofme?

           August26

           LETTERTOPROFESSORNEMUR(COPY)

           DearProfessorNemur:

           UnderseparatecoverIamsendingyouacopyofmyre­portentitled:"TheAlgernon-GordonEffect:AStudyofStruc­tureandFunctionofIncreasedIntelligence,"whichmaybepublishedifyouseefit.

           Asyouknow,myexperimentsarecompleted.Ihavein­cludedinmyreportallofmyformulas,aswellasmathemat­icalanalysesofthedataintheappendix.Ofcourse,theseshouldbeverified.

           Theresultsareclear.Themoresensationalaspectsofmyrapidclimbcannotobscurethefacts.Thesurgery-and-injectiontechniquesdevelopedbyyouandDr.Straussmustbeviewedashavinglittleornopracticalapplicability,atthepresenttime,totheincreaseofhumanintelligence.

           ReviewingthedataonAlgernon:althoughheisstillinhisphysicalyouth,hehasregressedmentally.