Some twenty minutes later he had finished draining Dr. Peccary's sample of the Y Hormone from Humanac's analyzer and had thoroughly cleansed the computer of any last traces of it. He handed the little bottle of the hormone back to Dr. Peccary. "There," he said. "As far as Humanac is concerned, it's as though it never was. Do as you wish." Dr. Peccary looked at the bottle sadly. It was worth millions. Billions. Then slowly he moved to a laboratory sink and poured the contents of the bottle down the drain. "I can't help wondering," mused Staghorn, "of whose computer we're a part right now--slight factors in the chain of causation that started God knows when and will end...." "When someone pulls the switch," said Dr. Peccary. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Immortals, by David Duncan