The General Assembly was quiet for a moment; then all broke into a roar of scornful laughter. Minutes later the Chairman succeeded in restoring order. He said: "I fear that Professor Milton does not quite understand. My dear Professor Milton, we agree in the whole. The main argument is not that we should do this; the question at hand is how to get along after the world is divided." "Simple," said the professor. "It is--" He was interrupted by more roars of laughter. "Fools! Idiots!" he stormed. The power of his voice stilled the laughter. "You think it will not work?" More laughter, and an undercurrent of remarks like: "Choose up sides like a ball game"; "Make it cricket, old chap." "Match you for the Dardanelles, Commissar,"; "Swap you Java for--" "Imbeciles," yelled Professor Milton angrily. "Must I demonstrate?" "Just how do you propose to effect this division?" asked the Chairman sarcastically. "By application of gravitic field theory," snapped Professor Milton. The Russian Delegate arose, was recognized, and said: "Professor Milton's suggestion sounds uncomfortable. I fully believe that no one will find fault with Russia if I exercise my power of veto on this suggestion." He seated himself among wild cheers, laughter, and applause. In the excitement, Professor Milton left. * * * * * Charles Ingalls of the F.B.I. smiled tolerantly. "I see no reason to be upset," he said. Doctors Edwards and Harris shook their heads in unison. "You don't understand," explained Edwards.--"Recall his words?" "Of course." "And you apply no importance to them?" "His theory sounds reasonable. Let Russia run her section--" Harris snorted excitedly; he slapped the newspaper with the back of his hand. "Divide the world," he said, his voice rising in pitch. "Have you any idea of what that would mean?" "Why--it still sounds sensible." "Professor Milton is literal-minded to the extreme. Professor Milton is sheer genius--That is why he is employed in our institution." "Then," snapped Ingalls, "why don't you keep him there?" "We'd like to. The trouble is that Milton _is_ genius and as such quite important to certain factions. His ability to solve problems hitherto unsolvable make him valuable. One of the problems he has encountered and solved is the way to leave our institution at any time. That is why we treat him as an employee instead of an inmate." "So about this dividing business?" Harris shook his head. "When Milton said 'divide the world into two parts,' he meant that literally. He is quite capable of devising some means of dividing the world astronomically." Ingalls laughed. "Impossible!" he chuckled.