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           Thethreemenwerebackingslowlyawayfromthemachine.Theywerestrugglingnottoallowthemselvestounderstandwhatthemechanichadunderstood.

           "No!"criedTaggartsuddenly,glancingatGaltandleapingforward,"No!Iwon’tlethimgetawaywithit!"Hefelldownonhisknees,gropingfranticallytofindthealuminumcylinderofthevibrator.

           "I’llfixit!I’llworkitmyself!We’vegottogoon!We’vegottobreakhim!"

           "Takeiteasy,Jim,"saidFerrisuneasily,jerkinghimuptohisfeet.

           "Hadn’twe...hadn’twebetterlayoffforthenight?"saidMouchpleadingly;hewaslookingatthedoorthroughwhichthemechanichadescaped,hisglancepart-envy,part-terror.

           "No!"criedTaggart,"Jim,hasn’thehadenough?Don’tforget,wehavetobecareful."

           "No!Hehasn’thadenough!Hehasn’tevenscreamedyet!"

           "Jim!"criedMouchsuddenly,terrifiedbysomethinginTaggart’sface."Wecan’taffordtokillhim!Youknowit!"

           "Idon’tcare!Iwanttobreakhim!Iwanttohearhimscream!Iwant—"

           AndthenitwasTaggartwhoscreamed.Itwasalong,sudden,piercingscream,asifatsomesuddensight,thoughhiseyeswerestaringatspaceandseemedblanklysightless.Thesighthewasconfrontingwaswithinhim.