But suppose you were
confronted by a result which apparently had been produced without any
preliminaries. What would be your guess concerning it?"
Ross stared at the major. Although he didn't see what all this had to do
with time-jumping, he sensed that Kelgarries was waiting for a serious
answer, that somehow Ross would be judged by his reply.
"Either that the steps were kept strictly secret," he said slowly, "or
that the result didn't rightfully belong to the man who said he
discovered it."
For the first time the major regarded him with approval. "Suppose this
discovery was vital to your life--what would you do?"
"Try to find the source!"
"There you have it! Within the past five years our friends across the
way have come up with three such discoveries. One we were able to trace,
duplicate, and use, with a few refinements of our own. The other two
remain rootless; yet they are linked with the first. We are now
attempting to solve that problem, and the time grows late.
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