"Any idea of how he was hurt?"
The girl shook her head. "The grid-power failure shows there was an accident of some kind, of course. But I can't imagine what it was."
"What about Paul? Do you think he's still in the lab?"
"Not unless he's also injured—or dead."
Dowland felt the chill again. "You think he may be in some other time at this moment?"
"Yes."
"And that he'll be back?"
"Yes."
"Can you describe that machine?" he asked.
"No. I've never seen the plans, and wouldn't understand them if I did. And I've never been inside the lab."