Huddling Place----Clifford D. Simak(31)
"Clayborne! I'd often thought of you. You stayed on Mars."
Clayborne nodded. "I've read your book, doctor. It is a real contribution. I've often thought one should be written, wanted to myself, but I didn't have the time. Just as well I didn't. You did a better job. Especially on the brain."
"The Martian brain," Webster told him, "always intrigued me. Certain peculiarities. I'm afraid I spent more of those five years taking notes on it than I should have. There was other work to do."
"A good thing you did," said Clayborne. "That's why I'm calling you now. I have a patient—a brain operation. Only you can handle it."
Webster gasped, his hands trembling. "You'll bring him here?"
Clayborn shook his head. "He cannot be moved. You know him, I believe. Juwain, the philosopher."
"Juwain!" said Webster. "He's one of my best friends. We talked together just a couple of days ago."
Clayborne nodded. "I've read your book, doctor. It is a real contribution. I've often thought one should be written, wanted to myself, but I didn't have the time. Just as well I didn't. You did a better job. Especially on the brain."
"The Martian brain," Webster told him, "always intrigued me. Certain peculiarities. I'm afraid I spent more of those five years taking notes on it than I should have. There was other work to do."
"A good thing you did," said Clayborne. "That's why I'm calling you now. I have a patient—a brain operation. Only you can handle it."
Webster gasped, his hands trembling. "You'll bring him here?"
Clayborn shook his head. "He cannot be moved. You know him, I believe. Juwain, the philosopher."
"Juwain!" said Webster. "He's one of my best friends. We talked together just a couple of days ago."
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