THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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Nichols and a young mathematics professor named Simon Macquarte had been
running the colony, in Conn's absence and since Yves Jacquemont had gone
to space in the /Ouroboros II/.

"Well, they caught up with you," he said. Evidently he had figured out
what, the search for Merlin was all about, too. "What do we do about it?"

"Well, we are just before finding Merlin, here. I hope we find it before
things get too bad." He told Luther the situation of the moment. "Have
you people started on another hypership yet?"

"We're getting organized to. I don't suppose it's advisable to send any
more ships in to Storisende for a while? And are you sure this thing
you've found is Merlin?"

"I don't know what it is. It's only big enough for the apparatus they'd
need to operate a thing like Merlin?Yes, Luther. I am sure we have found