"How would I know about it otherwise?"
"All right," laughed Kane. "Prove it!"
"How can I? They destroyed every shred of evidence."
"Who did?"
"You did—you and your kind. Didn't want Mars to know about Mardinex—shot up the lifeship. Made me mem'rise forged log—forged by Ertinians to fool you—and then burned log. Ha!" and Guy went into a paroxysm of laughter. "You forged a log from a forged log."
"When was this visit?"
"When—right after capture by Martians. Came home to Terra."
"Kane," said Mantley, "there may be nothing to this wild yarn. But to stop any wild talk on the part of observers here, I'm going to investigate thoroughly."
"Please do. I'm certain that it will kill any rumors. Guy went through part of the Martian idea of torture, I think, and it may have deranged his mind somewhat."
"I'll look into it," said Mantley.