“No, I didn’t see him. He wasn’t there, except in the minds of Pasqual and the chief and all the rest. I—well, let’s say I used hypnotism.” Involuntarily the lawyer’s hand went up to the scar on his forehead.
Uncle Tobe tugged at his lower lip, “The red jewel? You still have it? What did you do with it?”
“It’s safe,” Vane said. “Someday—perhaps I may be forced to use it again. Anyway—” He picked up his fork “—this Hasenpfeffer is swell. How about another helping?”
About the Author
Henry Kuttner (1915-1958) was an American author who was known for his literary prose and worked in close collaboration with his wife, C. L. Moore. Their work together spanned the 1940s and 1950s and most of the work was credited to pseudonyms, mainly Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O’Donnell. It has been stated that their collaboration was so intensive that, after a story was completed, it was often impossible for either Kuttner or Moore to recall who had written which portions. Among Kuttner’s most popular work were the Gallegher stories, published under the Padgett name, about a man who invented hi-tech solutions to client problems (including an insufferably egomaniacal robot) when he was stinking drunk, only to be completely unable to remember exactly what he had built or why after sobering up.
In 2007, New Line Cinema released a feature film loosely based on the Lewis Padgett short story “Mimsy Were the Borogoves” under the title The Last Mimzy.
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