The Fury Out of Time
“Colonel Vukin introduced them, and Alexander gave Haskins a cigar, told him it was a boy, seven pounds four ounces, and asked what had happened to Karvel.“He was in an accident,” Haskins said.“He sounded incoherent on the telephone. Or maybe it was a bad connection. I thought he said he’d found—”“Let’s see it before we talk about it,” Haskins said. “I’ll take him up, Colonel. Thank you.”He hurried the professor away before Vukin could object.“Are you interested in butterflies?” Alexander asked....“Only in this one,” Haskins said.The professor was something of a disappointment to him. Gangly, youthful-looking, shy, he had the appearance of a flustered undergraduate—or, Haskins reminded himself, of a new father. He decided to postpone judgment.The professor bounded into Karvel’s room ahead of him and burst into laughter. “Aren’t you getting a little old for this sort of thing? What does the other guy look like? Here—have a cigar.”“I didn’t touch him,”MoreLess
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