Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 47 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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STRANGER IN TIME using it. Susan wondered if. the band had dwindled to its present numbers from a much stronger force, and shivered. *“What is it, Susan?’’ Din- ton’s eyes rested on her thoughtfully. “Are you cold ?” “Oh, Ted—no, it’s not that. I’m frightened.” He paused and gently took her in his arms, while Benner disappeared round the corner of the hut in front without a backward glance. “Dearest, they won’t hurt you. We aren’t even confined in any way, so far as the camp is concerned, at least.’’ He made a grimace as he glanced at the force screen. “Darling, it’s not that. It’s as though I knew, somehow, that I shall never see home again, or any of the people we know. It’s not physical hurt I’m afraid of. Oh, Ted!’’ She broke down and wept a little, while he held her close and whispered to her. She drew away at last, and gave him a faint smile. ““Anyway, we've got each other, Ted, and that’s all that matters,” she said, dabbing at her eyes. 27 “Yes,” he said. His eyes rested on her face strangely. “Yes, that’s all that matters.” He glanced at the corner round which Benner had dis- appeared. ““We’d better see where the Inspector has got to.” They found the Inspector busy with a bulky item of equipment outside one of the huts. He had discovered that the mechanism was capable of being rotated, and was examin- ing it from every possible angle. “I shouldn’t touch anything if I were you,” Dinton said, with a touch of nervousness. “The thing might be a weapon of some kind. Besides, I don’t suppose they will be particu- larly pleased if we handle any of their stuff.” Benner straightened and glowered at the thing. “Tf it is a Weapon, it’s about the craziest one I’ve seen. And you needn’t worry about these people; there’s no sign of them at the moment.” “They certainly don’t seem to be bothering their heads much about us,’’ Susan ven- tured. “But then the only way out of this camp, so far as conmicloooks.comn)