CHAPTER 20
Seated at his usual table in the café, Professor De Grecis sipped his coffee and meanwhile looked at Claude sideways. -I know, don't say anything.
-Professor, I'm saying anything.
-I it already, I was wrong, I didn't have to move the ball, I sent the system into a tailspin. Do you think it can be fixed?
-We have to try. Let's go back to the laboratory this evening, to see what can be done.
-Claude, I'm sorry. It's true, you warned me, you told me not to ... it was stronger than me. I had to try to change the system, it was an irrepressible impulse. I swear, I won't do it again. I hope I haven't ruined your work.
-I don't think so. I think we can recover the previous screen. Either way we can't know until we try.-
-The fact is, dear boy, this thing is taking me over. It is
