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"Cousin Karl, cousin Elsie, you do us an honor by co"

"Cousin Horst," Karl greeted him "I felt it es"

"An hour that is near at hand," Elsie added proudly

"How goes the evacuation?" asked Karl

"Cargo and passengers are scheduled to arrive on the Ulrich Wolf ten hours before the cataclysm,"

Horst assured him

Then their brother, Hugo, and sister, Blondi, stepped forward to greet the

"Welcoreeted Karl

"Other business has kept ," said Karl

Hugo, as the chief of the faestured toward a small electric automobile, one of a fleet of utility and heavy equipment vehicles that ran on batteries, to prevent a buildup of carbon monoxide inside the caverns "We'll take you to the control center, where you can see for yourself hoe begin the end of the old world"

"After I inspect your guards," said Karl Trailed by Elsie, he walked down the line of security guards in their black uniforht, with their P-10 auto over their shoulders He stopped occasionally and asked a guard his nationality and military history When he reached the end of the line, he nodded in satisfaction

"An intrepid coo They look like they can handle any intrusion"

"Their orders are to shoot to kill any unidentified intruder that enters our perimeter"

"I hope they perforreater efficiency than Erich's men at the shipyard"

"There will be no failure at this end," Hugo said firmly "I promise you, brother"