earned, old Pottgeiter
was something else.

"I think Doctor Pottgeiter's said the most reasonable thing I've heard
since I came in here," he declared. "If my sanity is to be questioned,
I insist that it be questioned by somebody qualified to do so."

[Illustration: Had the sane restrained the insane, or was it the other
way around?]

Weill set his recorder on the floor and jumped up beside him, trying
to haul him back into his seat.

"For God's sake, man! Sit down and shut up!" he hissed.

Chalmers shook off his hand. "No, I won't shut up! This is the only
way to settle this, once and for all. And when my sanity's been
vindicated, I'm going to sue this fellow...."

Whitburn started to make some retort, then stopped short. After a
moment, he smiled nastily.

"Do I understand, Doctor Chalmers, that you would be willing to submit
to psychiatric examination?" he asked.

"Don't agree; you're putting your foot in a trap!" Weill told him
urgently.

"Of course, I agree, as long as the examination is conducted by a
properly qualified psychiatrist."

"How about Doctor Hauserman at Northern State Mental Hospital?"
Whitburn asked quickly. "Would you agree to an examination by him?"

"Excellent!" Fitch exclaimed. "One of the best men in the field. I'd
accept his opinion unreservedly."

Weill started to object again; Chalmers cut him off. "Doctor Hauserman
will be quite satisfactory to me. The only question is, would he be
available?"

"I think he would," Dacre said, glancing at his watch. "I wonder if he
could be reached now." He got to his feet. "Telephone in your outer
office, Doctor Whitburn? Fine. If you gentlemen will excuse me...."

It was a good fifteen minutes before he returned, smiling.

"Well, gentlemen, it's all arranged," he said. "Doctor Hauserman is
quite willing to examine Doctor Chalmers--with the latter's consent,
of course."

"He'll have it. In writing, if he wishes."

"Yes, I assured him on that point. He'll be here about noon
tomorrow--it's a hundred and fifty miles from the hospital, but the
doctor flies his own plane--and the examination can start at two in
the afternoon. He seems familiar with the facilities of the
psychology department, here; I assured him that they were at his
disposal. Will that be satisfactory to you, Doctor Chalmers?"

"I have a class at that time, but one of the instructors can take it
over--if holding classes will be possible around here tomorrow," he
said. "No