yes I did,\" he said blankly. \"How strange! It happened just a little while before the tragedy...It never occurred to me there might be a connection between the two...Why, there couldn't have been!\"
\"Nevertheless, tell me about it,\" said Mme. Storey.
Dr. Portal looked out of the window. His gaze became still more remote as he called up the past scene. \"When you have been concentrating on a difficult problem for many hours—or days,
yes I did,\" he said blankly. \"How strange! It happened just a little while before the tragedy...It never occurred to me there might be a connection between the two...Why, there couldn't have been!\"
\"Nevertheless, tell me about it,\" said Mme. Storey.
Dr. Portal looked out of the window. His gaze became still more remote as he called up the past scene. \"When you have been concentrating on a difficult problem for many hours—or days,
