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For hours Camilla Kinnison and Tregonsee wrestled separately and fruitlessly with the problem of the elusive "X. " Then, after she had studied the Rigellian's mind in a fashion which he could neither detect nor employ, Camilla broke the mental silence.
"Uncle Trig, my conclusions frighten me. Can you conceive of the possibility that it was contact with _my_ mind, not yours, that made 'X' run away?"