John was forced to relax contact during that plunge. The wild gyrations and the vision of helpless falling caused vertigo that made him sick. Martha remained out completely but he cut in at short intervals. He sensed the increasing speed of that plunge through darkness but nothing could be done to slow its dangerous velocity.
If he could have maneuvered it to press against the side with the jumper muscles—but there was no maneuvering that blob of artificial flesh in such a spinning dive.
Abruptly then, there was motionlessness. He wondered if he still had vision after that crushing halt. He made full contact. There seemed to be no damage.
He was looking at the sides of the receiving basket into which the frog had fallen. Beyond that there was a girl librarian. Her back was to the frog b
