And a voice boomed out, "Nu'sey! Nu'sey! Wanna d'ink!"
Jane cried out, "God, what was that?"
The Secretary was startled; Cramer's face paled; Carroad was frozen.
But he recovered quickly, and he spoke sharply. "Cramer, you must have shifted the prongs so they picked up Jane's thoughts."
"I—I never touched them."
"Those were not my thoughts," said Jane.
"Something's wrong," said Carroad, needlessly. "Here. I'll do the adjusting."
He bent the prongs a fraction, checked the controls, and then turned the power on again.
The mechanical voice of Cervus spoke again.
"What do you mean? What're you saying? My father is not crazy! He's a great scientist, a hero of the State. What do you mean? Not any more?"