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Thank you.

This is the Minister of Defence speaking, Gears.

I'm just sending the prelimina to the PM.

I suppose you haven't anything to add?

No?

Pity.

Well, someone's head's got to roll.

I can't be sure it won't be yours.

Well, Osborne?

Who's this fellow you took to Thornes with you?

My assistant at the Ministry of Science.

Why? Why what, Minister?

Why did you take him? Why shouldn't I?

He didn't leave a bomb behind, I suppose?

No, all right, of course he didn't.

You know what this means, don't you?

We've lost our capital.

All of it.

The computer's gone.

The girl's gone.

Even the original message is gone. We can't start again.

Once in a million years, I suppose, if that, a planet gets a Christmas present

from some other planet, and what do the damn fools do? They go and burn it.

Were they fools?

We'll be back on American aid within a year.

Better the devil you understand.

The boffins understood it? Only one did.

Fleming. And you pushed him out on a limb.

If an intelligence from another planet sends us a lot of technical data from

which we can build a computer which will think for us and an anthropomorphic

creature that will act for it it's not for our benefit.

Is that what Fleming thought?

That it was an attempt to take over yes.

And if he did blow it all up I for one don't blame him.

Thank God it didn't fall into anybody else's hands.

Just whose side are you on Osborne?

The losing side usually.

Give me another call to Gears, will you please?

Well?

I don't know what happened.

There's no point in lying to me, Flem. I was in my room. All evening? When the

thing caught fire. I didn't hear anything until the sirens went.

You didn't know Osborne and Reinhardt had been here?

No.

Look, I've got the whole of Whitehall around my neck. The Minister of Defence

is on the blur every five minutes. I don't even know what happened.

Osborne and Reinhardt, with another man from the Ministry of Science, arrived

here just after 10. And the PRO took them to the computer.

I don't know why, but then I'm only the director here.

The duty operator locked up for the night.

And the others went back to London?

Yes. No one else went in?

Only one other person, the girl.

Andromeda.

When she'd been there some time, the guard corporal thought he smelt burning.

He went down into the main control room and found the whole place in a shambles

and full of smoke.

Thanks. And she?

Got out through the fire escape. She dropped a glove.

It was your glove.

So you know it all.

Only two people know. You and the girl. And the girl's dead.

Yes. You're the only person, Fleming, who wanted the computer destroyed. You

always have done. Oh, I think some others of us began to have doubts.

Yes?

Right, I'll see him in his office.

Stay here, Fleming.

I won't keep you much longer, Madeline.

It's no business to drag you into it. You're not well enough. I'm all right.

I'm a tough old bird. I must be, or I wouldn't be here.

What really happened? I've told you.

You can trust me if you want to trust anyone. Oh, you don't want to be saddled

with all this.

You did it, didn't you?

He must have smuggled you in and you destroyed it. You and the girl.

You are in trouble, aren't you?

The girl's dead.

And no one else will give evidence against you.

Right, Fleming. Right.

Right what?

What happened when you got to the island?

Quadring knows what happened. He chased us into the caves and we lost her. She

blundered into a blind chamber with a deep pool and that was it. Poor bloody

kid. I thought you held she wasn't human.

Human enough to drown.

Are you sure she fell in? Of course I'm sure. They saw the bandages, didn't

they? Off her hands.

I have news for you.

Major Quadring has had the pool dragged.

There's no body.

Gears?

Yes, all right. I'll be here.

The minister's coming through again. She must be in there. The whole boiling of a

saw go in there.

They'll have to try again, won't they? They've dragged it twice.

But there's no other way out. We all searched.

So Quadring says.

So what are you going to tell the minister?

Nothing yet. I'm going to have a look for myself as soon as I can get the

launch. Quadring stood the crews down.

They've been out for 18 hours.

I'll take him.

Oh, I'm not sure about that.

Thorness. Let him.

Oh, hello, minister.

Is this the way you came?

Yeah.

See how you can be sure of anything in here.

You'll get used to it.

That's the way to the chamber with the pool.

Where are you going?

Look at the other one first. Why?

Oh, there's a pool here, too.

You think they drank the wrong one. No, even quadring isn't that big of a bit.

Why don't you look quite? There may not be one. It may be just a coincidence,

but it won't take long.

Fleming! Heard yourself?

No.

Well, if this isn't your line, you'd better stay here.

One minute.

Fleming? Fleming?

Fleming, is that you?

Fleming!

Did you see anything?

Yeah, it's a deep pool like the other. I think it's just behind the wall of the

other cave.

Where there's a deep hole in one chamber, it sometimes goes under the

rock wall up the far side into another cave.

It's like a U-tube. What goes down one side may come up the other. But nothing

has. Not that I can see.

You'd better get him to drag that too.

No, it's not a nice death even for a creature.

What's that?

What? You sounded like Stoneman.

No, we're doing it. No, I heard it before while you were away.

Fleming?

What is it?

What's that?

Of course.

Give me a hand.

Is she... There's something here, just a flicker.

Sit up, Dux.

She is alive.

Here, just... Try and drop her the hard stuff.

Screw that for me, will you? You shouldn't force her to drink. Oh, come

on.

Try and drop her the real unblended McCoy.

Now don't swallow it.

How did she get here?

I don't know. It must be a siphon.

She'd have sunk like a stone and come up the far side and managed to hang on.

Feeling better?

Here, try a drop more. Come on.

She crawled as far as he had.

Oh, easy yours. That's right.

Let's get this round ship.

Okay, sit up. Sit down.

Can we carry her? In a minute.

Nice long holiday.

Now, perhaps, we shall get the truth.

Oh, give it a rest, can't you? She's half dead. All you can think of is

putting her in thumb screws.

It's done. It's all over. It's finished.

Andre.

Andromeda.

Do you know who I am?

Can you get up?

Yeah. Put your arm around me. Let's go.

I'll be gone. Let's go.

There.

That's... There's a lot of questions to be answered.

All right, then. Go!

Flemming! Hold on, darling. We're off. Come back!

Come in.

Yes? Herr Kaufmann, sir.

Come on in.

Have you anything for the post, sir? Only that lot.

Herr Kaufmann of Intel.

Take a few.

Thank you, Your Excellency.

I have been told... To come and see me. What else? Was I told?

Nothing. Smoke?

Oh, uh...

These, if you don't mind.

Interested in archaeology? You'll find plenty of it in Azran.

Archaeology? Greek temples, Roman arenas, Turkish mosques, crusaders,

castles. They've all had a go at us.

And now Intel.

What has Intel got to do with it?

Your employers are the latest to take... An interest in us. So?

It's not unheard of for an organization such as yours to subsidize a breakaway

state. We are breaking with the British oil interest, Herr Kaufmann. You have

more to offer.

And what is our collateral?

You're a trading organization that nobody very much likes.

I suppose.

Your registered offices are in Switzerland.

Yes. But your directors meet in Vienna.

Yeah. In fact, you have no home of your own. We have trading premises in many

countries and influence.

Your collateral is a home sweet home of your own from which you can operate

without interference.

Only we need a little expertise.

One of your directors is coming here.

Which one?

You know them. One does not meet them.

Then it will be a nice surprise for you.

Meanwhile, who did you know at Thornes?

Thorness. You were in touch with the British government's experiments at

Thorness in Scotland.

I was.

Was? It was destroyed last night.

The computer and everything associated with it was blown up and burned.

As far as we can find out.

I see.

Well... What the gods give... Please don't smoke

those filthy things in here.

I'm sorry, but I thought... If you want to go to the toilet and smoke.

Well, thank you, Colonel.

There is a Professor Dorney and a Dr.

Fleming.

Wold ye worthlik lords, quoth Weywan to the king, bid me bose.

Bose.

Bow.

Budge. Bid me budge fra this bench, and stonde by you there.

Budge.

Who's that?

Let us in, please.

Who are you? Just let us in first, uncle.

What do you want?

Thanks.

You're not a nephew of mine?

No.

It's an old runic greeting.

Runic? Can we stay for a bit?

I suppose so. Where do you come from?

The sea.

You have a boat?

Had. It was wrecked? It is by now, I expect.

I must confess I find you difficult to understand. I'm sorry. We're a bit

flaked.

What's happened to your friend's hands?

She burned them.

Have you got anything hot?

Soup or something like that, huh?

Only out of a tin.

Look, it could be out of a gourd.

Look, I'm afraid we're a bit of a nuisance. I'm sorry.

No, no, more unexpected.

If you don't mind, they drip on the upholstery. Huh? Makes the colours run.

Well, there's a thing.

How are you feeling?

I should think we could pad down here for the night.

Oh, the old hands.

They throb.

What is happening?

We're running away.

Who from?

We started running two nights ago and it bust up the computer.

Do you remember?

Don't bother your head about it.

It'll come back soon enough.

What's this?

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

We seem to have landed on the Regius Professor of Philology for the Outer

Hebrides.

Runes, indeed.

Oh, it's a run-do, isn't it?

Expected to find a shepherd, and we found a sheep.

Wonder what he lives on.

Condensed tomato, I'm afraid.

That's marvelous, thanks.

Oh, what is this island?

Sue?

It's just off Sue, and very much smaller.

Densely populated.

One. You're on your own.

And at your mercy.

Now, look, please, we're not going to do anything. I apologise.

That was very unsophisticated of me. But you were something of a surprise.

Don't tell him anything.

What could I tell him?

I'm sorry.

Nothing more we can do about these at the moment.

Will they get better?

Of course.

Did I like you?

Can't you even remember that?

I'm afraid they don't go with the cloth.

That's fine, thanks.

My name's Preen.

Adrian Preen.

May I inquire yours?

Lemming.

John will do.

I only ask out of courtesy.

You'll have to stay here, of course.

May we?

There's nowhere else.

That's why I chose it.

There's not much room, but we'll manage something.

Why did you choose it?

Because it was safe.

Well, that's something.

I hope it is.

I used to protest about the bomb and that sort of thing, but I grew tired of

complaining about lunacy and decided it was more sensible to avoid it.

That makes three of us.

And when the bombs drop and you're a last oasis of life and learning, are you

going to keep the pirates out?

I'm afraid I haven't made any elaborate arrangements.

This may make me feel braver.

Look, you realize you're lumbered with us unless you've got a boat of your own.

I have a small boat.

What did happen to yours?

I set it adrift.

Didn't want to be traced by it.

It's probably wrecked by now.

Well, that's about all you can do.

And keep me posted.

Hello, is that the PA to the PM?

Good.

Listen, Willie, I've just had a call from Thorness.

They've found the girl.

But the ratty fools have lost her again.

Fleming appears to have shanghaied her. Yes, Fleming.

Gears has got the Navy and the Air Force out looking for them. They shouldn't

have much chance tonight. There's a gale blowing.

I'll get on to you first.

Tell the old man we'll take no rest.

We're doing sweeps right down from Stornoway to Col. The Navy are searching

the inner sound, Gwilym Sound, right up here between Harris and Skye. It's been

filthy weather.

Well, they could be anywhere in that tangle.

All right.

I just have to hope.

It's my own fault. I should never have let Madeline... I mean, fault it is.

How's Madeline Dorney?

Better. There's not much more for her to do out here, is there?

There's not much left for any of us.

I wonder whether... We have a request for her from the government of Azaran.

Azaran? They want a biochemist.

Why the hell, Madeline? They want the best, they say.

Oh, it's up to her.

You mean you'd release her?

Will you ask her, then? Must I? I've got other things to think about. Look, may

I? Do what you like, old man.

Wait. Yes, I see.

You're quite sure?

Yes. All right.

They found the launch. Where?

What's left of it.

Here.

On the rocks between Barrow and South East.

Wrecked?

Yes.

The Navy spotted it and they picked it up now.

There was no sign of... Well, you couldn't expect it. And hope in hell.

Suppose we call it off

Andre

Why do you get lost out here?

It's very odd.

What is?

The mist is being sucked back into the sea.

It's odd.

You'd better come in.

What are these?

Peppermints. You suck them.

Sit down. I want to look at your hands.

What is going to happen?

I don't know.

What do you want to happen?

Nothing.

I remember... What?

It's all jumbled. I remember running and falling.

Nothing before that.

I have to cut around this.

camp was it where we all lived and a lot of people.

anything else that hurt?

and a machine and a lot of figures.

everything was in numbers. it's the numbers I can't remember.

good. what we can do without the numbers?

but I know they're there only I can't remember what they mean.

they don't mean anything.

To anybody anymore.

Oh. I'm just having a look at her hands.

My dear, how can you?

The other one feels worse.

Well, it isn't a lack of sympathy.

Let's have a look at the other one.

Adrian, can I borrow your boat?

Why? Where do you want to go?

The mainland.

It isn't seaworthy enough.

What a sky.

I could arrange a meeting on sky.

Who do you want to meet?

It's all right. It's off now.

Here, come and have a look at this.

No, if you don't mind. I'm trying to answer your question.

You want a doctor?

Well, something more than that.

We got two things from the computer.

The missile interceptor and the healing enzyme.

Adrian, can I get that boat?

I don't want people brought here. Look, nobody will be brought here.

I've paid a lot for my privacy.

Look at them.

You have some private contact?

Yeah.

It's only a small boat. No use in rough weather. It's calm now.

It probably needs tanking up. I'll see to that. No, no, I will.

Don't worry.

Adrian will look after you like a mother.

and Sky has now arrived.

Will any passengers for the return flight who have not yet checked in

please do so. Flight BE279 from Reykjavik, Lewis and

Sky has now arrived.

Will any passengers for the return flight who have not yet checked in

please do so.

The airport bus for Oban is now waiting at the main entrance.

The bus for Oban. Tea, coffee or cocoa? All tastes the same to me. Coffee.

It's the healing one this time, I hope, not the one that nearly polished you

off. It's the original formula she got from the computer the last time she

burnt her hands.

Thanks.

Oh, what have we got here?

Thanks.

Cheers.

That's not long.

You're mad to come at all.

Didn't want a dead girl on my hands. No, you think of her as a girl now, do you?

British European Airways, flight BE279 for Skye, Lewis and

Reykjavik will depart in five minutes.

She remembers speech.

Anything she learned independently will come back to her. What was stored in the

machine went up with it.

She need never know she came from somewhere out there. I made her.

All right.

We'll stick to that line.

Here we are.

Where's that?

Oh, it's southwest of Skye. It's Shepherd's Hut. I'd assume not talk

about it.

This is the last call for flight BE279. That's you.

I'm going away too.

Where to?

Middle East.

Please board the aircraft.

Good luck. Bye. And thanks.

British European Airways, flight BE614 from Orkney with...

There I heard naught but the harsh sea.

Storms on the stone cliffs beaten.

Ezra Pound's translation.

Very free, but it catches the alliteration.

Why are there always storms?

It's a wild coast.

Fleming shouldn't have gone. It's been worse this year.

The storms?

And the wind and mist.

There's a cold front coming from the north now.

I've been here ten years, and I've never known it as bad as it's been recently.

There must be some reason.

There is.

What?

There is a reason, I know.

I wish I could remember.

It means something, but I don't know what.

You mean you've read something about it?

No, I know.

I think.

I shouldn't have read you this.

It's not that.

Would you like a glass of fruit juice?

Yes.

Do you think he'll come?

I expect so.

He will, won't he? He will come back.

Listen.

It's true.

The old man of the sea.

Easy, easy.

We don't want to make the colours run, do we?

There you are, Major.

Are they worse?

Not to worry.

I've got the old repair kit.

I didn't tell anybody about you.

Your visa, Professor Dorney. Thank you.

That was the announcement of our freedom.

We have broken our last ties with this country.

Our trade agreements.

We won't have our oil anymore, I'm afraid.

Your airline tickets.

Thank you. We want the right people. We have many problems to face. I'm

returning to Azeran myself.

i don't know what you think i can do for you. we have agriculturalists but they

need a new lead from the laboratory.

we can't go on grubbing in the sand forever and expecting our people to live

below starvation level.

one doesn't live below starvation level.

we know that.

you have vaccination certificates.

thank you.

tab and tetanus.

smallpox and cholera yellow fever yellow fever you have a yellow fever one it

didn't say anything about yellow fever on the list it's not usually wasn't

there a note i don't think so ah there should have been i can have it we can do

better than that ask mademoiselle gambol if she can manage another yellow

fever inoculation you have to be like a pin cushion to travel outside the cordon

sanitaire of the west yes good I can see to it, Colonel. It's all arranged.

Unless you'd rather... No.

Tell me about a colleague of yours, Dr.

John Fleming.

Why? He did work with you?

Yes. Where is he now?

I'm afraid I can't say.

I had one report that he was dead. Is that true?

I'm afraid I can't tell you anything about him.

I see.

Which arm would you like punctured?

The right, I think.

You'll have all the facilities you need when we get there.

Is that all right?

Why do you want to know about Dr. Fleming? It doesn't matter.

The main government laboratories are at Baileb. That's in the capital.

I will be there myself.

Oh.

Are you all right?

Could I have a glass of water? Of course.

I'm not as fit yet as I thought I was.

I...

Now...

Where is Dr. Fleming?

Here is sky.

And what did she say was the other island? Soy. Soy.

Ah, yes, here.

Then there is another little dot just off there. Only one?

Yeah. Then that will be it. You will have a landing party of three or four.

I, you know Fleming, we want the right man.

And the girl?

But she is nothing.

All the same.

We will have her.

I think you're bound to lose your bishop.

What's that?

Your bishop. No, outside.

Get out!

Get out! What the hell do you want? Get out of here!

Better do as the gentleman says.

You dirty devils! You beastly, dirty devils! Watch him breathe at the door!

Breathe! Stop it! Don't go outside!

Where did he get you?

It's all right. We'll lug you inside.

Come on, don't wake up.

Give me a hand with it.

He's not dead.

No, the other two are.

On the couch.

Shall I give him a drink?

No. He may be bleeding inside as well as out. Here, take this and look through

the window.

I can't see much. Then listen.

Uh-oh.

It's got him inside here.

Out there.

It's not too deep.

May have chipped a rib.

You're all right, Adrian. It's not too bad.

I'll just get a pad on it to stop the bleeding.

Was the old stuff?

That's all right.

Fleming. Leave it to Charlie, boy.

Fleming. What?

There's a rubber sheet.

Put it under me.

Later, later.

It'll stain the cushions.

Have they gone? Hey, look, it's no good trying to sit up and do yogi until

you've been strapped up.

There we are. Just... Put your hand on there. Good.

See anything?

No.

Please, tell me what has happened.

I wish I knew.

I can't imagine what... Unless intel.

I'm frightened.

So am I. We can't leave him here.

The flesh wound will heal, but we don't know how he is internally.

We'll have to get a doctor from Skye.

Sallion. That's the exclusion.

So you've made a mess of it.

You know, you are unbelievably stupid,

Herr Kaufmann.

No, stay there.

No, stay where you are.

Someone will come up to you.

Yes.

And get those things out to the car.

Very well, Your Excellency. He belongs to you.

I can't stay here when everything is happening in my country.

I will take Dorney with me.

I will see to him.

Your people have found Fleming and the girl.

What?

Yes, in a hermit's cottage, somewhere in the Western Isles.

You've got them?

No, not yet.

There was a fight.

I don't know why, and the hermit fellow was hurt.

I had to send for a doctor, and he told the police.

But the boat was... Yes.

Well, it seems we're not the only people after them.

Now, why should that be gears, eh?

You're nearly late. Excuse.

Come over here.

We may as well travel together.

Colonel Selim has told you what to do.

No, we are partners of the Azzaran government, Herr Kaufmann.

Not servants.

You are also intel?

Yes. Colonel Selim said a director was coming from Vienna.

And so naturally you expected a man.

You? You are?

Cigarette. Oh, bitter.

I'm so sorry I didn't realize.

Where's Dr. Fleming now?

In the same place.

At least you didn't frighten him off.

It was not my fault.

No, your man ran away.

Two of them were killed.

We'll do better this time.

Fraulein, I am not a gunman.

Neither am I, but we will arrange things better.

May I?

Here's the bus with the other passengers. But may I know why?

We need Dr. Fleming to help us with one particular piece of equipment.

What about Professor Dorney?

Oh, she's not important. She helped us to find Fleming, and she will be useful,

I hope.

Dr. Fleming has special knowledge which we need. Good passengers for British

European Airways flight BE285 to Skye and Lewis.

Please assemble in the waiting room.

That's us.

What's partly you doing, Herr Kaufmann? Mine.

We should have told you before. After all, you obtained the Bridger papers.

When a message was first received from out of space, you made contact with a

Dr. Bridger who was working with Dr. Fleming. And what copies from him? I

passed them on.

Oh, yes, and when he and Dr. Fleming interpreted it as a specification for

making a computer, you passed it on, too. Nothing ever came of it.

Bridger was killed.

You think nothing came of it.

We have also built a computer in Azeran.

Passengers for flight BE-285 to Skye and Lewis, please board the aircraft.

Passengers for flight BE-285...