CHAPTER 2All day I had been aware of an unpleasant sensation. I was in the library trying to study ancient history, but snatches from Professor Ordomenedroyd’s lecture that morning kept intruding.
“—not noticed until the explosion. A break occurs between the surface and subsurface character. It may be a gradual thing, or it may be precipitated suddenly. However, in all the years before, even the closest intimates may notice nothing more than—”
A glance at my watch told me I had been in the library for three hours. Shutting the textbook, I turned it in at the desk and left.
He would be glad to see any of us at his home, the professor had said.
Anyone who had a problem would be welcome to talk it over with him.
I went into Cunningham s. Looking in the directory, I found the professor’s
