CHAPTER 5Fade-Out: The Big Scene
An hour later the space ship lay grounded near the crater of the Inferno, while Bill was the center of a small group near the rim. He kept looking around in a worried manner, occasionally scratching his stomach. He was full of benzedrine.
“It’s a very powerful stimulant,” Quade had explained. “It was known a long time ago—benzedrine sulphate—but lately it’s been improved considerably, so that it steps up the brain to a tremendous extent. It ought to pep up Bill’s telepathic function a lot.”
It did. The largest tentacle had been carried along, and an automatic, spring-powered camera was attached to it. Several of Jigsaw’s eyes lay near by. Quade squatted before Bill, who looked up at Kathleen inquiringly.
“It’s okay,” she told him. “Tony won’t hurt you.
