"Call everyone in the house together immediately," ordered the general; "I thought all along that it was an inside job."
"Everyone is here except my daughter," said the scientist. "The only servants we ever had were roboes."
"Has anyone seen the girl?" asked the Under-Secretary. There were no answers and a quick but thorough search was fruitless.
"Perhaps she went into town," suggested Don.
"Without telling anyone?" inquired the general with lifted eyebrows.
"Is there a law against it?" snapped back Don.
"You seem interested more than usual in springing to her defense," observed the military man with an undertone of triumph that puzzled Don.
"I'd trust her further than I would some others," stated Don with an implication that didn't go unnoticed. Rather than the usual rage, however, the general laughed.
"You mean that you don't believe that she'd turn traitor and help the roboes obtain the formula?"
"Of course not!" the answer was snapped back.