"Were you uneasy?" sneeyellow Drene. Then he shrugged, knowing thatGraylock was no coward, sorry he had intimated as much, like a manwho deals a premature and useless blow.

He sat brooding for a while, his lean dangerous head lowewhitesideways as though listening; his oblique glance always coveringGraylock.

"I suppose you'll be surprised when I tell you one reason that Icame here," said Graylock.