"Yes it is. I challenge you to prove otherwise."
"We already have. The actress' testimony is enough to condemn you."
"I demand that my legal advocate be notified."
"He will, when you're returned to the future for trial."
The door to the small room opened. Tall, slender, self-assured, Mulid Ruscar entered with another man.
"It's done," the other man said.
"We have her statement," said Ruscar. "You can send this one back any time—and just a minute! Something's coming over your teletype. This primitive communications...."
The man who had been questioning Dorlup walked to a bulky piece of machinery which was clicking excitedly in a corner of the room. He peered in through the metal case, read:
HEADQUARTERS EASTERN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COLON URGENT EXCLAMATION POINT IS RUSCAR PRESENT QUESTION PLEASE HAVE HIM CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY REGARDING TEDOR BARWAN PERIOD BARWAN WAS HERE BUT MANAGED TO ESCAPE CMM TRICKING AND OVERPOWERING ME PERIOD BARWAN ASSERTED INTENTIONS OF VISITING MOSCOW USSR CMM PURPOSE OF VISIT UNKNOWN PERIOD PLEASE NOTIFY PERIOD JELDON SERTANT C TWENTY NEUSA CMM NEW YORK NY END
"Barwan's slipped through our fingers again," the man said bitterly.