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Eventually, the police gain access to the mechanical man's control room:
"Just before noon, a bald, bespectacled, middle-aged man climbed
through a door leading from the
broadcast room. After turning on
several dim lights on a peculiarly
shaped instrument. board a low whirring noise pervaded the room. A television-scanning disc began revolving,
and through the screen we saw the
iron robot, sitting in an armored car.
We later discovered this machine had
been concealed in the cellar of an old
house, situated near the asylum.
“Drawing my pistol, I handed another to Professor Carlton, and whispered to him to be ready to control
the madman. As we prepared to leap
a cold voice warned us to “sit still’.
I looked around into the muzzle of a
large revolver and made out the thin
figure of Dr. McMunsey standing
near the secret entrance. Carlton and
I dropped our weapons at his command. Watching us like an eagle, he
kicked our guns out of reach and
switched on a light.
“I insist that you note the one
canny ability of Eric’s servant”, he
said: “Watch him closely”.
“I looked into the screen again.
The robot was gliding along my front
walk. He lumbered awkwardly up
the steps of my home! I prayed the
doors were locked. They were, but to
no avail. “Monarch” plunged
through them as though the house
were made of tissue.
“Tense and overwhelmed as I was,
I could not bear to think of what
might happen to my daughter. I
lunged beneath McMunsey’s gun and
grasped his legs. As we rolled over,
I saw Carlton reach for Eric. A shot
was fired, and I heard a groan from
Carlton. Then I received a terrific
blow on my head, stunning me. When
I recovered, my arm was shackled to
Carlton’s with my own handcuffs and
the doctor was standing above us.
Carlton was unconscious, and blood
was streaming from his shoulder.
Several minutes passed before I could
pull myself together. My eyes went
back to the screen.
“There was my daughter in full
view. She was clinging to a pillow
and I could hear her screaming. It
was terrible. “Monarch” was standing near the foot of Claire’s bed.
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