"I necessarily, therefore, concentrated my attention on the last section—the only part written in English. I was immediately struck by a curious fact I had ignored before. The writer made references to an Enemy, a mysterious 'they', against which defensive measures had to be taken."
"Maybe that's where you got the idea," I said. "When you first read the book——"
"The writer of the log," Foster said, "was dogged by the same nemesis that now follows me."
"It doesn't make any sense," I said.
"For the moment," Foster said, "stop looking for logic in the situation. Look for a pattern instead."
"There's a pattern, all right," I said.
"The next thing that struck me," Foster went on, "was a reference to a loss of memory—a second point of some familiarity to me. The writer expresses frustration at the inability to remember certain facts which would have been useful to him in his pursuit."
"What kind of pursuit?"
"Some sort of scientific project, as nearly as I can gather. The journal bristles with tantalizing references to matters that are never explained."
"And you think the man that wrote it had amnesia?"