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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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The
figures
about
The
Master
were
peculiarly
tense.
The
fat
man
with
the
hard
eyes
laughed
suddenly.
It
was
a
horrible
laugh.
Francia
of
Paraguay
took
out
his
handkerchief
and
delicately
wiped
his
lips.
He
was
smiling.
Ribiera
looked
at
Bell's
face
and
chuckled.
His
whole
gross
figure
shook
with
his
amusement.
"And
of
course,"
said
The
Master
benignly,
"if
you
prefer
to
commit
suicide,
if
you
prefer
to
leave
her
here--well,
my
nephew
knows
little
expedients
to
reduce
her
will
to
compliance.
You
recall
Yagué,
among
others."
Bell's
face
was
a
white
mask
of
horror
and
fury.
He
tried
to
speak,
and
failed.
He
raised
his
hand
to
his
throat--and
it
tore
at
the
flesh,
insanely.
"Let--let
me
see
her,"
croaked
Bell,
as
if
strangling.
Jamison
stiffened.
Bell
seemed
to
be
trying
to
get
his
hands
into
his
pockets.
They
were
apparently
uncontrollable.
He
thrust
them
under
his
coat
as
there
was
a
stirring
at
the
door.
And
Paula
was
brought
in,
as
if
she
had
been
waiting.
She
was
entirely
colorless,
but
she
smiled
at
Bell.
She
came
quickly
to
his
side.
"I
heard,"
she
said
in
a
clear
and
even
little
voice.
"We
will
go
together,
Charles.
If
there
is
a
week
in
which
we
can
be
together,
it
will
be
so
much
of
happiness.
And
when
you
are--The
Master's
victim,
we
will
let
the
little
boat
sink,
and
sink
with
it.
I
do
not
wish
to
live
without
you,
Charles,
and
you
do
not
wish
to
live
as
his
slave."
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