THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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corrections which must be made in evaluating any computation into which
such data might enter. There was also a statement that, after fifty
years, suppression of the truth and circulation of falsely optimistic
statements about the Federation would no longer have any importance.

"Well, that's it," Conn said. "Merlin thought himself out of a death
sentence."

They crowded into the lift and went down to the office[Pg 187] below.
Everybody who knew what had been going on upstairs was there. Most of
them were nursing drinks; almost everybody was smoking. All of them were
silent, until Judge Ledue took his cigar from his mouth.

"Has the jury reached a verdict?" he asked, clinging with courtroom
formality to his self-control.

"Yes, your Honor. We find the defendant, Merlin, not guilty as charged."