"--am I?" the stranger completed the sentence for him. "It's quite
simple. I'm Inspector Graevod, homicide. I'm arresting you for murder."
Smith shook his head dully. "But that's impossible. There's no
murder--no body.... Where did you come from?"
The shimmering man smiled pleasantly. "Oh but there is a body. Matter
of fact there are quite a few. We've had quite a bit of difficulty in
tracing you down. I've come all the way from 2035 to find you." He
turned his eyes to the woman. "As an accessory to the fact you are also
under arrest. Come along, both of you."
He pointed the strange weapon at them and a silver radiance swept from
it to envelope their bodies.
But only for a moment. Then they were gone....