"Won't hurt to listen to him," Freylinghuysen replied.

"Now we send one time machine back to 1868 by means of the other. Then one of us travels to 2068 from 1868 while another goes to that allegedly same year 2068 from the present, from 1968. See what I'm getting at?"

Shaheen slowly nodded his head and then closed one eye.

"If there's free will," Blackburn mumbled, "they won't meet."

"Let's look for exclusion principles," Freylinghuysen commented, putting the balls of his fingers together and staring at the ceiling.

Rowan, ignored, watched them for a few seconds and sat down again. After a while he began to wonder how many experiments it would take before Pendelton found the proof he was looking for.

THE END