Page 148 - The Perpetrations of Captain Kaga

Breaking the Grapefruit Connection

The door to the lounge of the Philosophers Club burst open and a
short bearded man in a bright orange robe fell into the room, barely
restrained by Paradox, the club’s mechanical butler. The members
swiveled necks, antennae and eyestalks to discover the source of the
disturbance.
“Must see Kaga! I must see Kaga! Let go of me!” screeched the
intruder, pulling vainly against the robot’s vanadium steel grip. Then
he suddenly vanished, or rather transformed into a large bulging sack.
Paradox, unable to compute, lost his balance and skidded sideways
into the display case containing the club’s lone trophy for Boolean
billiards. Case, butler and sack all fell on the floor.

Paradox, unable to compute, lost his balance…

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