What would they see?
Those sounds grew louder. The stairway shook. Low growls or words of command sounded.
Some animal, approaching. Or animals! No man—Roger was sure.
Chapter 39
THE APE AND THE KANGAROO
Whatever was in the laboratory, it was coming straight up to the second floor. Roger, crouched beside the floor outlet to await a signal to plug in and electrify that chair, wondered why Grover did not move the film can, make contact and light the signal lamp to summon the police and the Tibetans.
Instead, Grover spoke, low and meaningly.
“The first man who gets up is the guilty one!”
Zendt, who had started to rise, sank back abruptly. Ellison and Millman stayed as they were, half bent forward.
“Guilty nothing!” Toby spoke in a rasping voice. “Think I’ll sit here and let something attack me?”
“You heard me,” snapped Grover.