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           "Iunderstand,"shesaidsoftly;thetoneofhervoicewastheonlyformofacknowledgmentshecouldgranthim.

           "MissTaggart,"hesaid,hiseyeslowered,lookingattheglasscase,"Iknowamanwhomightbeabletoundertakethereconstructionofthatmotor.Hewouldnotworkforme—soheisprobablythekindofmanyouwant."

           Butbythetimeheraisedhishead—andbeforehesawthelookofadmirationinhereyes,theopenlookhehadbeggedfor,thelookofforgiveness—hedestroyedhissinglemoment’satonementbyaddinginavoiceofdrawing-roomsarcasm,"Apparently,theyoungmanhadnodesiretoworkforthegoodofsocietyorthewelfareofscience.Hetoldmethathewouldnottakeagovernmentjob.Ipresumehewantedthebiggersalaryhecouldhopetoobtainfromaprivateemployer."

           Heturnedaway,nottoseethelookthatwasfadingfromherface,nottolethimselfknowitsmeaning."Yes,"shesaid,hervoicehard,"heisprobablythekindofmanIwant."

           "He’sayoungphysicistfromtheUtahInstituteofTechnology,"hesaiddryly."HisnameisQuentinDaniels.Afriendofminesenthimtomeafewmonthsago.Hecametoseeme,buthewouldnottakethejobIoffered.Iwantedhimonmystaff.Hehadthemindofascientist.Idon’tknowwhetherhecansucceedwithyourmotor,butatleasthehastheabilitytoattemptit.IbelieveyoucanstillreachhimattheUtahInstituteofTechnology.