36xxxx 085 Planning The Return

The corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street may seem like a strange place to meet one of the scientists from the Magic Island of Euclidean, but an even stranger place to meet a Euclidean is in your own home.

That's apparently the situation which confronts Mrs. Gregory, her daughter Joan, and Jerry Hall. When Jerry and Joan started out to see a matinee at one of the moving picture houses, they met the Euclidean electrical wizard Phailies disguised as a beggar.

Now they are locked in the radio room at Mrs. Gregory's home, and Mrs. Gregory had been talking over the phone with Captain Bradford at the harbor, where he went with Johnston to investigate the Euclidean submarine.

A faint odor fills the room. The house is on fire, but Mrs. Gregory refuses to let Jerry or Joan leave the room. Well, I don't doubt what you say, Mrs. Gregory. If this room is fireproof, it's fireproof.

But I don't understand why it's smart to stay locked up in here and let the rest of your home burn. Jerry, Captain Bradford said we were not to leave this room until he or Johnson arrived to let us out.

But mother, your home is so beautiful. And though I have little understanding of the value of money in your world, it must be a very valuable home also. It is valuable, Joan, and some of my art treasures are almost priceless, but there is no price as high as that of human life.

Well, gee, Mrs. Gregory, are you sure it's that serious? I believe it might be just as serious if we attempted to open the door and leave this room. Redford, you're in the area. Redford, you're in the room.