AMBITION
By WILLIAM L. BADE
Illustrated by L. WOROMAY
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Galaxy Science Fiction October 1951.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
To the men of the future, the scientific
goals of today were as incomprehensible
as the ancient quest for the Holy Grail!
There was a thump. Maitland stirred, came half awake, and opened his eyes. The room was dark except where a broad shaft of moonlight from the open window fell on the foot of his bed. Outside, the residential section of the Reservation slept silently under the pale illumination of the full Moon. He guessed sleepily that it was about three o'clock.
What had he heard? He had a definite impression that the sound had come from within the room. It had sounded like someone stumbling into a chair, or—