CHAPTER IIThe Lady Lis
JOHN LUX came awake suddenly, and for a moment he could neither identify the slight sound that had aroused him from sleep nor recognize his surroundings.
Then it came back to him . . . the puzzling events of the previous day, the drive to Dr. Havering’s house on the outskirts of the city, their conversation, and the weird, baffling conclusion they had tentatively arrived at—teleportation.
Komo had served them a superb gourmet dinner. Jonas Havering was a stimulating dinner companion, a brilliant conversationalist, a fountain of coruscating wit and ribald anecdote, and a rich fund of literary allusion. Lux had thoroughly enjoyed himself, and had drunk a bit more of the fine vintage wine than he perhaps should have—finishing the evening rather too late to drive back
