At first he had been afraid, then he had been angry and now there was only contempt—only contempt for them, huddled in the corridor, voicing feeble threats.
"What did you do with Joshua?" he asked.
"We tied him up," said Herb.
"Go back and untie him and send me up some food," he said.
They wavered. He made a threatening motion with the gun.
"Get," he said.
They ran.
He slammed the door and went back to the telescope.
HE FOUND six planets and two had atmospheres, No. 2 and No. 5. He looked at his watch and many hours had gone. Joshua had still not appeared.
There had been no rap at the door. There was no food and water.