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AWESOME ADVENTURES
into the room. "Do you
require assistance?"
Perlock
number.
"You're
a
different
nurse, aren't you?" asked
Perlock looking at her
carefully.
As soon as he got through
and
found
himself
looking at his box of a
secretary, he heard her
say, "Mr Perlock, Sir. I
think I should tell you I
have informed the police
that there is a strange
man
going
around
impersonating you. He
foned me a few minutes
ago. I could tell by his
voice he wanted to make
improper suggestions so I
tried to keep him talk-."
"No, Sir, I'm the same
nurse I've always been.”
"But you're not the one
that came in before."
"That
is
a
correct
statement, Sir. I am the
second-call nurse. This
way we make sure no one
nurse is monopolized by
any robophile patients."
"Well, second-call nurse,
can you take this fone
away and get me one
with vision?"
"Yes, Sir," replied the
nurse but made no move.
Perlock thought for a
moment then asked, "Will
you take this fone away
and get me one with
vision?"
dialed
his
"Something,"
said
Perlock,
slowly
and
deliberately,
"has
happened to my voice. I
was hoping you could tell
me what."
"Do you mean you want
to know what happened
yesterday, just before
you were taken away by
those white robots?"
Right
"Of course. What was
wrong with that pen?"
The vision fone was
only
a
few
minutes
coming and once more
His secretary wriggled
an eye-stalk. "There was
nothing wrong with it,
Sir. It was, I can now
"Certainly,
away, Sir."
Sir.