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think it's fair to use a girl to catch them? I mean well, anything might happen to her - "

Valerie opened her eyes wide at him. "That is nice of you! But you see you'll be Jenny Louise! And she went on to explain that, until the gang was rounded up completely, Dr. Caravelle would have to be hidden or disguised in some way: if he appeared in public, or if his whereabouts became known, he would be kidnapped in a matter of hours unless he were in prison; and even prisons were not safe. So a new plan was needed, and the new plan needed a girl, and a very special girl one who knew all about Dr. Caravelle, his friends, his ideas, everything. And there was only one person on earth who knew all that - John Caravelle himself.

"After all," Valerie concluded, "aren't you half

a girl, to dress like one, to live like one?

The scientist flushed with embarrassment, but Valerie's smile was gentle and understanding - and he remembered that she was also Paul Valery. He felt him- self suffused with a curious joy and excitement.

"But how did you know about-about the way I feel?

I thought I had kept my secret pretty well: "

"So you had, Valerie told him. "But you see, I've been very close to you for weeks now, looking after you, studying you, making sure no one kidnapped you. It's been quite a job, and I'd never have been able to do it if I hadn't been a girl, and one with a terrific crush on you; that role gave me a perfect excuse to hang around you. I've been everywhere with you-some- times seen and sometimes not. I was at the next count- er when you bought your pretty shoes, for example. Al- so, I recognize your TV mail, even in the envelope, because I receive the same sort of mail myself from Chevalier Publications. You see, you mustn't forget that I'm a TV too, and have a fellow-feeling. And that's how I know you'll be able to play the part of Jenny Louise. You won't be acting: you'll just be yourself. Of course you'll probably find it very demanding and rather exhausting at first, but you'll love every minute