Nemo Wilkins suddenly felt a slight dizziness as if some intangible force had brushed past his mind. It was like waking abruptly from a bizarre, shallow sleep. In his belated awareness, he suddenly raised his head, looking at the always serene and seemingly harmless old gentleman with a touch of nervousness and vigilance.
Morris returned a friendly and polite smile to the "informant."
However, Nemo suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. It was only now that he recalled that, from the moment he entered the secret passage, the old man's gaze had almost constantly been fixed on him. A power that seemed to search through his mind and traverse his memories had been persistently entwining his thoughts. He had been unconsciously answering every question posed by these uninvited guests and had almost exposed the situation of other contact points within the City-State!
