: Litt Brown _HERGE THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN THE CALCULUS AFFAIRTranslated by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner Also available from Little, Brown in the TINTIN THREE-IN-ONE series Volume 1: TINTIN IN AMERICA CIGARS OF THE PHARAOH THE BLUE LOTUS Volume 2: THE BROKEN EAR THE BLACK ISLAND KING OTTOKAR'S SCEPTRE Volume 3: THE CRAB WITH THE GOLDEN CLAWS THE SHOOTING STAR THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Volume 4: RED RACKHAM'S TREASURE THE SEVEN CRYSTAL BALLS PRISONERS OF THE SUN Volume 5: LAND OF BLACK GOLD DESTINATION MOON EXPLORERS ON THE MOON Volume 7: THE CASTAFIORE EMERALD FLIGHT 714 TINTIN AND THE PICAROS This edition first published in Great Britain in 1992 by Methuen Children's Books The Calculus Affair Artwork copyright © 1956, renewed 1984 by Editions Casterman, Tournai Translation text copyright © 1960 by Methuen Children's Books American edition copyright © 1976 by Little, Brown and Company All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. ISBN 0-316-35724-3 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 94-78255 10987 Printed in SpainTHE CALCULUS That's about the tenth time... AFFAIR Hello 7... Hello 7... No, Madam, | am not Mr. Cutts the butcher...No, Madam, this is not Marlinspike 431. This is 421, Madam... Notatall,Madam. LA A 4 on : IO is 4 | Pa) ...And from now on, all [ want is my daily stroll... No more travels or adventures; no more careering all J round the world... I've had enough Hello ?..,No, Madam, Tam wot Mr, Cutts the butcher!... bm | beg youn pardon:... a TA, = ay 5 Oh! Excuse me,!... er. ..Captain Haddock? I'm afraid he's wot in, He's gone for a = us ae Pe eee Lane >| No, wo, Ehis time I'm quite Ah, peace and quiet!... How quiet serious. All [ want now is it is here... just listen Eoit... to settle down in peace and quiet...Oa aa a - | So much for your peace and quiet, Captain! Look overthere. There's a bia storm brewing. Yes, it’s high time we got back to the house. Thundering typhoons! My very best hat! ey ere Good old Nestor! He's # come to meet us with an umbrella. By the whiskers of Kurvi- } AS Tasch! Someone else is Nis Se me watching them already. , Y ‘ b af well, were home aa : 7 an ' or oN pe rt ¥ , ys AY aa — Quite so, Nestor. But one must always keep one's Lemper.,.. especially witha lady... And besides, Nestor, you should never telephone during a storm: itis extremely dangerous, No, Madam, [ am wot Mr, Cutts the butcher! And what's more Madam, it is highly dangerous to tele- phone during astorm. You Should know better! And the best of luck, Madam! That's that. And now, my | Friend, } think I'll just have a quiet drink, if you ... That's at least the twentieth time... Hello ?...No Madam, | am not Mr. Cutts the butcher!,.. No, | Madam...N0O, Madam! .., Fiddle-de-dee, Madam! Blistering barnacles! That flash of lightning wasn't Orel al The Funny thing ig, that happened AFTER the clap , oF thunder,- aa | Vanished !... Vaporized! Billions of blis- ) F lL ever lay hands on ... Poor Captain ! tering barnacles! CQO OR Par bh 6that Female... How dreadful ! 2 —————————— es Thundering typhoons! My priceless Chinese vase! How in the world could that vase have broken? Anyway, it certainly wasn't done by the lightning. ak SAA ‘yy Oe! ye ee f= ee | = ——— ees But this time I know the answer. Your confounded Snowy. This is his handiwork. But look here, Cap- tain, that's absurd --. How could he possibly... | My beautiful Florentine mirror ! Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles! Now the electricity | y has gone! Thats the last straw! || | © = ee | i | Ten thousand fF | thuudering . | typhoons! Now L what's that * |What shall [ do,sir? Shall [ Hey! You there... wo» Shall [ open it? f A 3 «Who d you think you are? Yes, Nestor. Billions of blue blistering | Yes, quite a story... | was driving barnacles! That's a Fine way along when, crack!... my wind- to introduce yourself. And screen shattered, and all the other what d'you want here, anyway? windows as well. [nw that down- our too! Sol said to myself: i ae Fe olyon" (that's my cainen Jolyon 9 : Wagga, of the Rock Bottom [nsurance... “Jolyon” { said to myself, “what are you going to do now?” ... Then I saw your house. “I'll shelter there", [ said... Here, take my coat, old chap. You'd better stay here Fill the rain stops. or A) LV Ae Nice little place you've Oho! had a tiff with a Waet the wife ch? Lightning #... Ha! ha! ha! Is that whisky got here. Must say | € wité, én: Aud I'll “bet you weren't you're drinking ? I prefer somethi doh old You can pour one for | more modern, but sil. | {| {Ft was probably rascal? Well what abit | || me while you're the lightning. of luck that Jolyou about it. Not that [ soon fix you up with | || just thirsty, that’s all. aneat little policy. | ] take after my Uncle Anatole; he was a barber, you know. Oh, you should have met him! A proper caution, he was. Always telling stories, make you die of laughing... Like this one... There were two men ina railway carriage, see... Not bad armchairs, these. | don't stand on ceremony, you know. A of a clown, that’s me. ™, Nevera dull moment with me around, you bet! HDid... did you see that®...1 was just You think that’s funny, eh? [5 that s : Ha! ha! ha! inds me standing, my glass in my hand,and... all you've got to say? oe See of that story of Uncle ‘ j IF you could have seen your- Anatole’s ... Half a mo self when that glass blew up! Cee ioe ae this \ ; Your face was a scream ! man went into a pub, B see, and ordered a pint oF beer, He was just going to drink it, when... Blow me! Did...did you see that? Just like yours! ... [1 dom’t get it! [...er...think the storm has passed. [ must be on my way. = : ; : ee cereale ing. My lifes insured against || You old nasal, yor Well, accident; against hailstones, rain, floods, that's all settled, I'll send tidal waves and tornadoes ; against you a policy... No, Pane N cholera, ‘Flu, and colds in the head ; still, I'll bring it myselr. I'm ‘eorel nacht moths, weevils and grasshoppers . -- That'll give us a chance to The whole lot! In fact, sir, the only have another chinwag to- things I'm not insured against aré insurance agents! » i er 7 oR Get > WO By the way...er... what H Yes, everyth about your insurance 1 against lightning? ———E Es 5 | He can go to the devil— Calm down, Captain, him, and his insurance, Shouldn't we try to and his Uncle Anatole! Solve the mystery of allthis broken glass? You're right. But still, J...Did you hear those shots 2 There's someone comin ...Oh, it's Professor Cal- culus, on Ehe way back from his laboratory. No, it's over now. The rain has stopped. Pon \\ fe SY WHA I can't understand jt at all. The moths never used to make such big holes as these. Calculus certainly came along Captain! Snowys picked upa this path... f scent. Come on, let's Follow him. ¥ — - ; —, 3 ar SF a ae , ; : ; Blistering barnacles, 4 Do you think he’s... Mh the police at ht] what an evening! Once. 8 Blistering barnacles ! No: he's alive. | His heart's § beating... Faintly ... —~ Se cereale Professor, just look — at your hat! tu Excuse me... a Quick, Captain. Let's have 4 look round the park. Right. Just let me Fetch atorch, and I'll be with you. i : Oh, sir!, terrible’s happened ! In heaven's name, what's the matter now? ffOh, sir! Your beautiful Hello 2... Police station? Venetian chandelier, upstairs. ... This is Marlinspike... Smashed to smithereens, sir! What t You’re Mr.Cutts, | Later, Nestor, Wo the butcher 2! Blister- tell me later. a ine Sariaclee ees l beg your pardon Wrong number. I'm sure the num Hello Cer What? a No, Madam, [ am not Mr. Cutts che | butcher!.., No Madam!... No Madam}... Fiddle- de-dee, Madam| Marlinspike Police ... and another Station... Who is that 4 vase, Sir... ihe 10h yes, Captain...Yes.. o fetch some | Shots wou cay? Someone Later, Nestor, water. The poor r. injured, in the grounds ¢ ake fellow wants a He talks with a strong } Here weare. : Rae ga Creat snakes! The wounded H foreign accent,.. He seems H §6You'll Soon see... f i 7] man... he's vanished! _ to be badly hurt. Pay fl eS ¢ ay... Are yOu sure ) this is the place? Absolutely certain. Look, the grass is Flattened down!= [ee § Blistering barnacles! Come ) | Mercy! Have pity! Please ) 9 Blistering barnacles, you don't have out of there, or ['Il shoot ! } don't kill me! [ wouldn't to cell me that! Just explain what harm a Fly...['w just a you're doing down there! simple Fellow... 7 Cee zs Me 2 o0 Dans was hiding. Somebody tried to murder me! Wait... | can hear a Are you the one who telephoned?... I was walking towards my car... car, [t must be the | Good, The doctor and the ambulance i chen suddenly: Bang! Bang!... police. H are just behind us. Where is the casualty? 50 [said to myself 1 said,'Yolyon, someone's trying to kill you...” ——— ee Here [ am, Mr. [nspector, .. But didn’t you report that | Then why were | But [ am, Mr inspec ’ ; Wf , Mr, inspector ; Jolyon Wagg... That's | you'd found awounded man? f | you pretending I'm the victim es meee Well, we did, but Wp WoO be the vic- WI was shot at, Sol said | an 2 ; : You've been shat? now he’s vanished. pti *% ae ‘Jolyon,” I They weren't Firing at him, Calculus ? He's a friend |] |} Tintin? But H Goon Showy | sergeant, but the shots must || || of mine. He came back this is Tin- ) ||Seek (E out ! B have whistled past him. H || bo thehole witha tin! Here... x, W In fact one went through house in his hat... No, Caleulus’s hak. [ mean... Anyway, Tin- Ein cold me...You've lost the scent, eh } Snowy? Ican guesswhy. § He was picked up bya car waiting here for him. There's nothing to be done. Come on, let's go back tothe others. The wounded man got ff | away through thishole =f in the hedge. ... You mean the glass | There's nothing more we can do here. just broke by (tselP2 | We'd better go back to the house; But jt didn't lead any- | wecan talk things over more easily fi By itself, yes where. y there. sergeant! And 4 } Yes, this case looks a hope - zen less muddle to me. Snowy picked up ascent. Me att gays aThere... in the... Blub... Hey, Snowy, be quiet. What are you howling For? Blub... blub...blub... Wait aminute. Rinse your mouth out First. [Il bring you a glass of water. You... you... blub...you see! h We're, we're bewitched, [ } tell you... Were be- witched | Blistering barnacles, [ don't know about you Tintin, but all this carry-on {5 beginning to get on my nerves. Yes, ever since yesterday there's been a strange Feeling about the house. | a i By Ps I was driving along asusual,.. of i&2 [t's exactly what || |- s en Bases Suddenly, just as | passed your happened to that gate, erach! bang!...There was a creature, Jolyon Wagg. terrible noise...and look what i's Cantastic.. happened...I[t's got me beat... c ——————————— I... | don't know how it happened . Well, what do you make || |-<~—— s i -h-f -4-§ a jYes, it's us. Hello... The local police have told us al| about that business last night. So we're here bo investigate. To be precise: At the right we're here JL moment, too! = —S ello, Cuthbert. Are you going just going Well, that's one person who's quite unconcerned by all this business. Yes, but somehow he seems rather more preoccupied __ [ Road. hog! Dip good fellow was driving quietly |} | along past the frout of thehouse § | when, CRACK...You see what appened?.., What do you make of it? }} I'm Flying to Geneva, where L'm taking part ina congress on nuclear physics. To Geneva 2... But you never mentioned (t to me before, ... Steam-roller |... Bully!... .. Nitwik! Why, here comes our No, not For very long : only two or three days. [ must go now; I've just got Eime to catch the tag train. Goodbye.All right. But there's just one thing: please don't gossip about this 4 business. [ dont y want a whole crowd of sightseers here. H ‘Morning Professor. By the whiskers of Going to the village? Kirvi- Tasch! We've H ... Yes? |. Well : missed him! g --- And thats the whole Twin Ga ’ . story, gentlemen, Can you ai make anything of it?... [ just give up. Hmm... We'll have to chink this over, You can rely onus; “Mum's H the word", That's our motto. Le) ry Yi felep Yes, “Dumbs the word.” That's our motto. 9 = Daily Keportor Same Brn in MARLINSE nous Sailor in G © clue has so far zen foun 7 r3 lass Sensati ystere du verre brise ove | cause de ces H AMB rarlin- traordinaires €ve ee ments ? Le fam Capitaine Hadde Pa oesJust look at that horde of rubber- No doubt, But somehow necks! They can hardly wait to I think they are going to see the rest of my windows be disappointed. smashed to bits! | It's just a thought... By the way, | 4 || know Calculus hates anyone going i || into his laboratory, but Ud rather like to have a look round in there. Have his key? you got wre re er —EEE = Se Well, ['ve been thinking about this = | Ina nutshell, you suggest | Im not suggesting anything, business, and one thing struck me; || our friend Cuthbert's Captain. I'm simply trying to the glass- breaking only occurred responsible for all those when Calculus was out; or, to be more accurate, when he was in his laboratory, And since he left For Geneva yesterday, nothing more has | ened. TE \ 4 incidents? But that's Po —— RS 2 ae A a Os nar | Fe ae TT Po 4 yA “DO LAP a A I say, Captain, can It's just... sniff... Blistering barnaces, you smell any- tobacco, that's all. that's quite right! thing E SF re ry : aa." Stop him, Whoa there, Captain! my Fine Friend | || Ley a mS dh >) \ ae a ts ce cS Ue ij es ~ it! He's got Hello, what's | It's no use Following this on the him: he's disappeared Floor ? .»» But look what — ar Fell out of his pocket dy when Snowy ripped alle 1G. pee 1 | i ; r, RA _- A 6 ema) Wut f AS TED H A packet of cigarettes and an ignition key. Well, Broken glass! Blistering barnacles, we know something you were right. It's certainly about him-and | know something else. Hes got a punch like the kick of a ! I\ AC aS i eee = aHa! ha! ha! ha!... Fooled you properly | that time, didn’t [, my hearties?2 I say Captain, look what's written here in pencil, on this cigar- ette packet. Now then, this'll cheer you up: {ve brought your insurance proposal. ' I... You... Billions of blue blister- ing barnacles!... I'll... Ha! ha!..“Hands Up!”.. the old gag never Fails ! NBO A - Captain, somethin | tells me the Frofessor’s f df | . 9 Cursh iE ! Whereshak paper 7 got itshelf to? ee Hello... Hotel Cornavin?... Herr Szhrinkoff, please... Thank you... Hello, Stefan t... Yes, it's me ...Look, you'd better get a move on. His Friends have just left by air forO.K., get it: if they're here, we buzz A aks ofF to Geneva and wait for them at Cornavin Station, at the Swissair bus ‘ terminal. =F SS iim M _— — r_4 = monet 5) wy en See i ie il ERs pee Ea rata calla 4 a YY py ae i. AOR sos aera a ; Be re ry Se —— i! fs Ac ys | eet Sl ae lie PrN | Ween Lge ie NUL 4 oe f y se BN Su if AeA SN Heri \cts t Sar i Is Professor Calculus staying here, please? Professor Calculus? Yes, sir. His key is not on the board, so he must be in his room. ee Bah! Foiled ! A gendarme... == . LLG H Ee Hote! Cornavin 2 You'll Find it just across the road. Ah, there's a gendarme, we'll ask him. Ne ff Oe Phew, what arelieF! Please tell him Cap- tain Haddock and Tintin are here.IE's very odd... he isn't answering. Yee he should | be in his room. Perhaps he can't hear. Weld better goup,. H What uumber is his H room, please? You're right... He must have H gone out while my back was Furned... Tw terribly sorry, sir, You don’t know where he might have gone 2 yerZ Z COE 4 Number 122, Fourth floor, The lift is on your left. | Blistering barnacles, Supposing he's not in I know he's deaf... is POOM; Supposing y Fo Fourth Floor, please. Nok in his room, sir? Then his key should be here. H UL Gre aii aa hs K? aim og h something's happened him... We sll, yi | Wait... I've got it. This morning Professor Calculus asked me for Ehe time of trains to Nyon. | remember now: he said he'd take the 4:40. If you hurry you'll still catch him ak the station.nt -_ x —z SSE a Hey, you! Why can't | you watch where Me, a bargee!! Billions of blue blistering | barnacles, 1'd have you know... Floundering about! FA You ought to be locked up! What?! You have a nerve, insulting me, you blundering argee | Please Captain, |} Ha! ha! He says please! We shall he's ina hurry ! miss Calculus 8 be “a> Mov. = — y Lt | Yes, ina hurry, you ectoplasmic by- product! Otherwise... B What happened ?,.. [ Forgot B it wasa revolving door, thats § all...and | pushed rather hard. aBillions of blue blistering I'm going tohave {| || Did Professor Cal- barnacles! All because of a Few words with culu$ make any that Balkan beetle... [ telephone calls can't think why I don't q || after his arrival 7... | 5 a One moment, please ; We 've other things I'l) inquire. to attend Co. Hello, switchboard. Has No. 122 made any outside calls since he arrived? No. 122, yes.,.To Nyon 9.51.03... Twice 7... Thank you very much. fear \ - J so he Tal Ra Wa | | Hello, inquiries? Could i] You please give me the name and address of the subscriber at Nyon 9.51.03. Yes, I'll hold on... ae e ye ra Hello, yes... Topolino, Alfredo...57A, route de Saint -Cergue, Nyon... ) Thank you very much. i‘ —— | ————— — — al Om ———) Did you notice, Captain, Go on, Stefan. Good. Now then, a little swerve, that the chap we sur- Overtake them! f = | and jam on the brakes... hard ! prised in Calculus’s lab- <= _ IF oratory and the one whe ke tripped you up were wearing the same sort oF raincoat 2 (4 ad Crumbs!... What's happening?... We're skidding... HELP! HELP! HELP!Swan's dinner! [ask you! 1 saw it all! The roadhogs! They swerved deliberately. IF they'd wanted £o push you into the lake they couldn't have done it better. Ah, the drivers just | come round, Here we are, gentlemen. This is H Nyon. To reach route de Saint - \ Cergue you go through the tunnel ; and turn right, H Good. Thank you ma EE, H very much. “ | Thank goodness...Look here, Ehere's something | must ask you to do for me. Would some- one please Lake us on to Nyon? It's terribly urgent. We'll leave our names with you, to give to the police. By the whiskers of Kurvi-Tasch ! It's them!... They escaped! Run them down, Stefan: and this time, don't miss!The Citroen 15 that “uy Brutes!...Filibusters',.. pushed us into the lake! Nitwits!.., Steam-rollers! —- ... Abecedarians! get there before it’s too late. p What is it? Can you -ELANG - jes, S|) You stay here; hear something+ 2 ib... I'm going round to bs = ) a so peculiar...}| the back of the houses & Come and have ; sy 7 os a a listen at cb ey) | Sash this door, a = ¥) } Let's have another try. Ah, that's stir- Perhaps they didn't red them up: the owner's je a =} =a | <7 | 52) . Noone there. | (7 It sounds like something Ti Pier) bumping against a pipe... di ae | rh ¥ =qaa) ( oa par a a he Patti UpCome in quickly!... The back door was Let's hope we're not | too late. Perhaps | he's still about... [ say, Captain, = this is extra- ordinary! Not a soul... But what's that on the table 2 Not a sound now... wot 5 jG A bottle and two glasses. Someone was expecting us. this book ! Calculus's umbrella! .. Welldone, Snowy ! This absolutely proves (Es he certainly Crumbs! Just look at Wait a moment while L fix the light; it's as dark as A dungeon in here with the shut- ters closed. Look!... That's the same as the queer machine we found in Calculus's laboratory. What is that book, anyway ? my p= | ieee: 7 It's byan American scientist: “German Research in World War II.” ...Captain, this is a stroke of luck, Ha! ha‘ ha! In fact, you've put your head right into the lion's mouth... _You will pay dearly For your folly, H The radio!... You set it going when Great suakes!... THAT Lawton, my Friend! Ha! ha! ha!... you plugged in CIGARETTE!... Another! E te] - hh : It's useless Fo At last we can settle our account | shout; that will | {{ Well, what about do you v0 good... that cigarette? ee aD See here, it's the same You were absolutely right, as the packet dropped Captain: something's in Calculus’s laboratory knocking against the cen- by that tral-heating pipes. Lets Blistering bar-| . ; : + tof | neruder, Listen... thereld |p have a look in Fhe s nacles, soit is! itis again, | iil ae » @ . ; Db S = ja 4 ———— oxi ‘ a 5 . | 7 | = Careful... Go quietly: don't | | ees = How silly they are! make a noise. pay | They've Forgotten eee ele Uncle Cuthbert's nice new brolly!Yes, Professor Topolino. I've been brutally assaulted and thrown into che cellar! Just wait Gil D see that monster Calculus again! Who am [? Sapristi! ['m Professor Topolino! Calculus, a monster? Tosum up. Last Thursday the First windows and glasses were broken. And it's no joke. Imagine: you're holding a glass in your hand and - suddenly... At the Hotel Cornavin, we had a row with a } strange man, On the way from Geneva, a F black Citroen tipped us into the lake. We hada drink there, all right! But not as good as your excellent Swiss wine! you know the scoundrel 2 ir, Calculus is | our best Friend, |, and [ refuse Eo allow... (| > Yaa Just a minute, Captain... On Ehe same day we heard the shots in the park, and Found a wounded man who vanished. The wext day Calculus left for Geneva, and the glass-breaking stopped immediately. . . — Finally, just wear here, the game black Citroen tried to run us down, and missed by inches. A few minutes later, we found you in your cellar. Er... That coal dust made me dreadfully thirsty. \j hi aE) Yes, Calculus! Do Oh, so he's a friend of yours. My heartiest congratulations! What delightful people you know. Anyway, who are you, and what are you doing im my house 2 Yes, we owe you an explana- PYF tion. But shallwedo that a The day after that, a masked man slipped through our Fingers in Calculus's lab - oratory, leaving behind a cigarette packet. On this packet was written: Geneva, Hotel Cornavin. We were anxious for our friend's safety, 50 we set off for Geneva. Yes, without even stopping For a drink... > : a A we f [ The brand | that Boris smokes ! os As for the packet of cigar- ettes, do you know thisBoris? He's my servant, He smokes very little, and only those cigarettes. He gets them direct from Borduria, He wrote to say that he was on the verge of a sensational discovery, in the Field of ultrasonics. As Tam a specialist in that subject he sought my ad- vice, Last week another let- ter arrived...He had succeeded y : And Calculus did come here; WW | la proves that... He was met by the man who | knocked you out, andthen pretended to be you. Good health, Professor! \ \ ) £ LY That's how it must have happened... I . Te From Borduria?... Boris isa Borduriau?... Where is he ? But it seems Ehat the con- sequences of his invention so alarmed him that he wished to talk tome. [ arranged bo see him today. Er... This bottle was | intended for him? Do you know this man? Who is he? ig umbrel- He left for home yesterday evening. They sent a Eele- gram. His mother has just been taken ill. Oho! [t's '53! a Se Calculus! The one and only Never seen him. Exactly. But help your- self if you Feel like ie. ... This afternoon Cal- culus arrived, a little earlier than I expected, and we began to chal. Calculus! So it wasn't he who knocked you out; it ading as the Professor, arrived... — = I think ['m beginning to under-|) this. About a stand. Yes.. Was Someone else, masquer- Meanwhile the real Calculus Well, it’s like . But || month ago | had what's your story, || the first letter Professor 4 from Calculus. Then I bent down to pick up some papers. | looked up, and there was Calculus, brandishing a csh,.. Then [ came to in the cellar, bound You're sure the timing mechanism hasn't stopped? Don‘t panic! Only a few sec- Up she goes! That | got rid of the whole bunch at one stroke |= There's enough damage | 3 been done already, without F Smashing this bottle! N =F \ ah 7 Ah, here ‘come the others... Injured? looked in very bad shape. AL oe But hurry up! There H were three of us in the house, avd a dog. #7) J j LABORS Topolino were tuken from the wreckage. Fragments} las of a bomb were found in e}the debris and foul plas| ¢ is suspected. The police Bring in the two men, sergeant. have detained two men} aga (Fe found loitering in the] * vicinity of the crime. ques- tioning passers-by. These or} iwo men will appear before the examining niagistrate this morning Meanwhile speculation] exp is rife as to the motive behind this attack. and er jevery effort is being made] exp z/to discover why Professor] rez ary |]Topolino’s house should | stiIe jo Here we are! | I say, how clean these hospitals are, Just look at the shine on the Floors! ... This is how | see it. Calculus had perfected an ultra-sonic instrument, capable of 4 destroying glass from a distance, glass and -who knows? whole buildings, tanks, ships... In short, a terrible weapon...Ina letter to Topolino, Cuthbert described his Ba But where can he be?... Who knows what they have done with poor Cuthbert ? —— Gentlemen, the statements you made yesterday have been checked and confirmed. You will be released immediately. { must apologise For our mistake. That's quite all right, Mr, Magistrate. None of this would have happened if our credentials hadn't beeu NV} stolen... with our luggage. We're in Swiss dis- guise while we're searching for our Friends Tintin and Haddock.We have importank news for them, You'll Find them in the hospital, quite wear here. then vanished. He's Syldaviau. But we can't get another thing out of him. He swears he was there “quite by chance ™. eR St mE (Was oA This letter was discovered by Topolino'’s servant, a Bordurian called Boris, who tipped of F his country's sec- ret service. But the Syldavian espionage got wind of the invention coo, and sent an agent to Marlinspike. He stumbled upon his Bordurian rival, who shot him. Blue blistering barnacles!... A lighted cigarette! The fat- headed Fire-raisers! ... Yes, important news. We caught him... the mau in the park who was wounded, Tintin and Captain Haddock? J'\| take you to their room, You're just in time. | They're getting ready to leave. Quite by chance... [ll bet he was. Thanks all the same, I'm terribly sorry you slipped up... We must be off to the police station. Goodbye For now. z So far 50 g00d.. Then Calculus arrives in Geneva, but we are close behind. And since we make life difficult for spies and kidnappers, they try to eliminate us. Right... The First Nit-witted ninepins! Bashi - bazouks! A "C.D." plate, so do as you like! Certified Diplodocuses, that's whatLook at this cigarette, | Captain. The same brand...once again! Thundering typhoons, youre right, Wait, just a Few more shots! Look over Ehere ; someone's coming, ... le was a C.D. car... Diplomatic Corps. That || means from an embassy, and most probably the Bordurian Embassy... We must Find out where that is. A post office directory will Eell us. We'd better go back to Nyon. ; Lucky [ brought Ehis along! Here comes an absolute whop- per! Listen to the din! Crumbs! The man — in the middle... no mistaking that silhouette... Its Calculus! They're going to put him aboard the helicopter! sy, “LesCygnes | t > A AN Don't makea sound Captain, B we're nearly there | iy Well then, this afternoon we' |! recomnoitre. We'll go out to Rojle and spy out theland ; and tonight, Captain, we'll go into action! RA ie (UN yt) ‘) ‘i Good heavens! What's happening? He's landing on the lawn... Moor the boat and we'll have a look,Someone's try- |] | can we tell ff) Now which has the Tintin! ls it really you? ing to rescue “Felted hoo akon B |} Yaliest mug? It looks I can't believe my eyes ! Calculus! Quick, ft fof about Fifty-fifty.., tain, lets < ne nse a Go for the ugliest hand ! ..- That won't be difficult - you'll see . I'm with you! Come on! I {t's the thug who knocked me out in Quick , Cap- | Calculus's laboratory, back at Marlin- tain,come on! | Spike...the man with the cigarettes! | Next please! Se } 1...My umbrella ! ==, = a a ae The Captain...we | Y The brutes! They've must wait for : knocked out Tintin! the Captain... ce : a eae s ~Gangsters!...Anacoluthons! ) We must get under There theyare. Let's | ... Bashi- bazouks ! cover, quickly. } ff get back tothe lawn. By the whiskers of Kiirvi-Tasch! } Only one thing todo: ) We're overhauling them fast. Those accursed Syldavians have go after them in You can see their wake got away with the Professor! the helicopter... 79) clearly. wards Fra HUKKH-HUKKH- HUKKH a Go on Vladimir. they're within range. aayThe gangsters! Blistering bar- Crumbs! How shall we... Ah! Hello, hello! ‘eh 0S0 sis $.0.S} - nacles, they're shooting at us! wo) The radio! Captain, the Hello! Police! Calling the police! Gulch WES climb radio. There beside you. ... Hello, police!... Hello! ... uick let's clim a bit higher! Hello, this is $B 3! Hello B31... This is Jolyon Wagg of Listen, Mr. Wagg. You must answering...[ am an Y Hello 5B31... | the Rock Bettom [n- warn the police ab once. We're aniateue...\ aw Fe 4 BL) This is Gaptain SUfANce,.. Blow me! in a helicopter Flying over ceiving you loud and clear. fi Haddock and Fancy meeting you the Lake of Geneva, and we're } .--Please identify yourself. m (if... again ' So you're another following a motor-boat with radio-amateur? Ha! Calculus init. He's been kid- ha! ha! That takes the biscuit, as my Uncle What ?,.. No, it's not Anatole used to say... possible!...Ha! ha! ha! R That's a good one!...Ha! ha! {t's Captain Haddock! Hooray ! n answer ! Ha! ha! ha! You old Blistering barnacles, Ha!hatha! While I'm ¥ | You ectoplasm, you! Will you or will humbug, you! But shut up about your about it, would you you not warn the police ? And geta you can't catch insurance 1... fm not like me toring up Che move on! The boat's just reached the Jolyon Wagg that joking...You must get Admiralty and get shore... 1 can't see it any more. it’s easy!...You can't in touch with both the them to send the hidden by trees... What are they teach your grand - french and Swiss police... Home Fleet ?... Get doing? Oh,headlights! [ sec; mother to Suck eggs, you Those thugs must be away, Haddock! they're putting Caiculus into a car know! By the way, what arrested | wee about your insurance? There they go... Hello, Wagg, hello! We're going after the carnow... | .- Look out, over there . The boat 's Listen, ['ll buy all the policies you like, but For LOOK OUT!! PN just pat out heaven's sake warn the police! Be again...Thunder af. ing typhoons! You should be a radio- commentator ! Anyone'd think (¢ was reall 7A pylon! Power s Chem. But cables! blistering Daruacles, we're} out of contro}! I think we must have trimmed Ha! ha! ha! You prize purple Don't bother, Captain; it's the treetops. SEI] keeping Jellyfish, you! too late anyway. Look: the up the com- Must I kill my- petrol gauge is down to zero. mentary! self drumming it A bullet must have holed You know, you're into your thick the tank. The only thing we an absolute skull ? This isuo wow at the joke!...Now listen mike, Captain! to me, Waga... can do is tolaud on the road iu Front of the car and force it to stop.Thundering typhoons! That's that. They've They must have a Jack slipped through our Brabham at the wheel! Fingers... And Cal- culus with chem. Now what'll First we'd betterclear # || Then continueon Al! Acar... the road, in case of foot...and try to Let's thumb | accidents. hitch-hike. 2 LE's incredible what cads j || Beasts!... Auto- Th H some drivers are, They '&, eyes Ss x } 1 || crats!... Profiteers! make those infernal see you like that, all eh Se ae Son ||... Fat faces!... mileage-merchants stop | alone on the road, and | oS : y when people , signal. | whoosh !... they swee : maite.s At oth 2. F Sle i ) past | Blistering besrnarSee i po : # Vag 4 what times we live in! : Z Lif 7 : ae | Ah, another. Let's Bah, they ~ J Oh well, we needn't despair. i try again. won't stop. & ; There are still a few gentle- ‘i You'll see. : : men left in Ehe world,Hurry!. pa) -- Get down: } like me. a The black Citroen. H you've got it wrong. Blistering barnacles, get down! They'll start H shooting any moment ! Didn't you recognise the black Citroen? bd Gd i eae oe - No, Captain, § black all right, but it had a French number plate, the j other one was Swiss, My Aré...are you 7 [et was i But [ promise you, my pet, there § road who signalled to me, h And [ say, Jules, that its time you went fo the # oculist and ordered stronger glasses. fm es sie ML (Ce a e Fell 7 » DD 4 aaa 5 | An umbrella? Captain we are. Look | i G only we had an um- 4 Aud ontop of it all, Hw! [ wouldn't count you're soaked ,.. i on iC. Oh, the sun will soon dry me FF. . : Su . peer eee ee, ay , what idiots ||we SS At last! Theresa S| tobacconist. I'm going WL Eo buy an ounce or Ewo. Yes, avd mean- & { | while poor Calculus § is being whisked || further and Further || away ! You go on, | wan‘t be a minute. Bandit!... Anthropophagus!... Steam-roller!... Highwayman!...Travelling at that speed! I Suppose you want to break the sound-barrier ? You thundering misguided missile, you! a 7 ry “tj [ELS t zn = R a G : —7h \ — Oh goodness! fi How awful! Poor Captain! What a ghast- ly Ching to happen ! Excuse me, sir, but could you please help us? We're chasing some car-bandits ... they've kidnapped one of our Friends, Mamma mia! It was you! Professor Calculus, and... ... Basta!... And now why you spitta allover my Madonna!... Uno bandito,.. we chase? Vabene! You get in Billions of blue blistering bar- I show you... Italian car, Ltalian nacles! Must you do that? driver, the best in the world, no? Can't you start off like other Avanti! Prestissimo! We catcha him, ple? il povero Professore!Perhaps we'd better explain. Our | nel ee A, eG sane friend Calculus has an invention i 4: ae ae riena From h | the First lok. We...er... which secret agents From a _ E Don't youl Hiivk wed beebod foreign power are trying to steal, iia @ Hitch-hikers! : ) That is why they kidnapped M7 n)} Blistering barnacles,# py gow dawn Calculus. 1, there ought to be — a law agains them! Mamma mia!... Whatta is hap- pening? This noise is peculiare, Diavolo! | think now: uno pistone?... Una valvola? = - PUCK Je...ib...it's nothing. Er... I believe the wo lbec it ilS mys. Captain thinks bhat my E-bt-t-beeth ...ch-ch- you're Flying too ch-ch-chatterina low... Old! You think I drive troppo 2... Ten thousand thundering typhoons! Must you drive like a lun- There it is! That car Ehere! The Chrysler that's just gone through the village."| Blistering barnacles, just our luck! It's market day! You barbarian! Going through a built-up area at that speed! You'll pay for this!... Your name ? Arturo Benedetto Giovanni Er...1...Hm...Well, | Now we make up for the lost Guiseppe Pietro Archayigelo don't doit again... | j time... Avanti! Alfredo Cartoffoli da Milano. . ae Zz$$ £77 pe Sj Thundering typhoons! The Blistering barnacles, we'll break There they are again our necks, [ Fell you! “Bp ' / @ | level-crossing barriers closina. Bene! Bene! We : @ ‘ : We're too late t catcha them up! \ ia °° a wee ee = A \ | Whew! Thundering typhoons, iP we go on like this I'I| | have a heart attack! ...We put on the brakes, By heaven!! What d'you think you're What dowewant?|) Calculus? And what 50!..-Ecco!...Superbissimo! playing at? What do you want 2 Quite simply: || might that be: Calculus? ; Calculus, Where |) A plant ? An animal # That's odd. [| is he2 A chemical 2 can't see Calculus... esi You know as well as wedo! What What about the boot ? There! Now where's your Coclacanth? have you done with him? Inside the spare wheel, [ suppose. Young man, | could say = I'd ask you to mind your manners, that the contents of my Once and for all, I've never heard boot are wone of your of your Candyfloss'! You cau business: but since | see that my chauffeur and I don't wish bo be nasty... are alone iw my car... iMamma mia! You fool me nicely, yes?...You Fella me the big Fib, yes? You just wanta to make hitch-hike...and me stupido who believes you! Madonna, how you Fool me! Va bene! Now you walk. Addio ! Does that satisfy you, Mr. Sher- lock Holmes 2 Or would you like Eo digmantle my carburet- tor? No? In that case, get out of the road and let me pass. You've wasted enough of my time already. What cau have happened? Did we Follow the wrong || |, cart... Ordid Calculus Hey, what's the matter? stay in the motor- boat? »y| Now what's burning youup! What idiots we are! Uuder the back seat! Why ?... What ?... Which back seat? It was rather high up... f o1d Caleul That's where they've N led us a pretty dance around hiddew poor Calculus! We ¥ the countryside! let ourselves be hood- Peet ae Ce ae winked like a couple of J ie Ap a i . iu ie kids, Come on! ; That aeroplane looks as if it’s landing. Is there an airfield year here? If that’s the case, i we're saved. Come on, let's take this Foot- path. When we get to the airfield we'll ask if there's a plane available.There's Calculus! They're putting By St.Viadimir! There are auicl eae an re And hi ick Captain! those madmen again! start up ngine, BoldoFF; hurry! lai chal cs ts - ; Too bad about the car: we'll abandon it. = . : =i iFThundering typhoons, you were right! The back seat is hollow. The pirates! That's where they hid , Two seats for Klow, , sir? Certainly. The While you buy the tickets plane leaves From I'll gee some papers.Thenw le Cointrin ia bwo lil putacall through (eye hours’ time. to Marlinspike ... i You Carpathian Bashi-bazouks! Just remember, That's the second time you've I've got my eye on you! crossed my path. | hope for your sakes there won'E be a third. You two--iming Tartar Ewisters, you!... Understand ?... Listen Captain, we mustn't waste time. TE was a Syldaviau aircraFe: we'll go back to Geneva and take the First plane For Syldavia.Hello! Et: What's happened We don't need them! We're going to Szohod, in Borduria. Yes...er.,. Can we by any chawce... You'll wait here? Good. I'm just going to see if f{ can get through to Marlinspike. Hello % Hello, t's that 4217 [s that you, Nestor? This is Captain Haddock. ]... Who is that speaking %...Whotl! Nothing... a slight mishap. But read this ; it's iwcredible. ~ BORDURO-SYLDAVIAN INCIDENT | - Bordurian fighters force down Syldavian plane “VIOLATION OF OUR AIR-SPACE™ SAYS SZOHOD s| A Bordurian Air | Ministry communique reports that a Sylda- Vian aircraft has been “UNPROVOKED TASCHIST AGGRESSION” KLOW PROTESTS In an official note the | Syldavian Ministry of | ; Foreign Affairs has protested vigorously against “unprovoked aggression by the Bor- durian Air Force to- wards an unarmed | } | intercepted by fighters | while flying over Bor- durian territory. Des- } pite repes ated warnings, I'm sorry, sir, the Flight to Szohod is Fully booked. The last two seats have just been Eaken, However, if ne would care to 1. WE may have a last-minute cancellation. Tn that case we can make arrangements Yes, Marlinspike 42). Hello ?... Hello, Thank you, ['Il hold Marlinspike 7 Hello, is that you, Nestor? -What ?.. Who's that speaking ? on Cutt. the atc | the butcher rod Wagg... Jolyon Wagg... Proper lark this is, eh? You old humbug, you didn't half give me a laugh with your heli- copter chase... What?.. What am | doing here? the wife fora little visit to your country seat...Yes...Who! .Nestor?... U'[l hand you over to him; he's got a good joke to Fell you... Hi, Nestor, it's your boss. Hello...Ah, Nestor, how are you?...Yes .No...Perhaps... And what's your ews at Marlins pike 7 BG speaking.. thee can do for you?, ft turned out nice, so | brought Great snakes! This alters everything. [ bet that's the plane Calculus was in. Now he's fallen into Bordurian hands again. They never give up, do they? By the whiskers of Kiirvi-Tasch! They want to go to Szohod, you cau bet your life, But we took the last two seats. | wonder... Hello, operator, That was the wrong number. [ asked for 421...Yes, 421.== —— I'm afraid it's the truth, sir. | The Professors laboratory has | been stripped... Yes, the | apparatus too, sir... Absolutely | everything...Quite so, last wight. | Yes, sir, the police came this | morning. Did they Find (No, it's me, Waga. | any clues? ... Don’t worry, ...You,.-Hello? old boy; it's better i)... What did than a slap in the you sl eye witha wet —re kipper, as my Uncle — Anatol e used to say, Besides... | eel Thundering -yphoons! peemmt Shut up about your Uncle 4 ts natole and put me SPE ss Pack to Nestor, or I'll do something desperate! A 7 i eee Right away...You know, your insurance Is ready. And you'll see, I've taken care of every- thing. You've got the Jot: theft, Fire, hail- storms, air-disasters... Waag! Billions I say, what's the And when [ think Excuse me, sir!... Foe bhie maktber now : they're probably in H Sir l... Sie !... blistering bar- i What's the matter ? league with those nacles! I... hello! | y It's Calculus's labora- two Patagonian ---hello!... HELLO! ~~ tory at Marlinspike! savages... Hello, they've ree Rifled! emptied! ran-|| || Weighed anchor. sacked | Those gang - Sothey have : sters have takenallhis|| || they've gone. — -—; ', _ a Someone's just telephoned : we | —- ar ace] |} Bon voyage, gentle- have two vacant seats on the plane fe ae ara H ee 2 a fs men. We're only coo For Szohéd ... but the coach SB OTT Li eld a ern | delighted bo give you leaves in Five minutes, Will > es ) eer our seats... that be... , - Thanks, we'll take them.Crumbs! This doesn't belong to | Glculus. Snowy ! Where H inthe world did kL you pinch this from? é ; ~e a r = ' Tag a = = x ts z my = —_ y ) Hey, | think you've nn inc & wt. = — Ne lost your imbrelta! i It x a Vim bes be or — - Ss AAA Eis. ) i ‘ , i a —— ee = 4 I F a 2 | A. a Hello, what's Oh, it’s the bit that on my of sticking - ose *| Just look at this confounded = | HW sticking-plaster! How did it get (tself onto my cap? [t's black magic, | tell you! | Szokdd ...f only blistering hope we Find barnacles ! poor Calculus Hellot Yes, f can hear you... Hello?... GLOUIP ... ERR... Willyou 1» Hello ?... What? w+. Ah, it’s you, Szhrinkoff, Amaih sth s Hell tor, [ want Ae W} || Hellot... Yes, 0, operator, [ wan f | Szohdd 322.1%... Yes, Szohod. rd nearer .- What? A delay? But its FRRT... Hello, urgent. 1... Good. Try and Szohod? Hello, hurry things aloug, ii ; I... FART... Hello? 7 = RR... Hello? Hello ?...FRRWT Yes, Haddock. A .. Hello, [ can'é sort of sea-dog hear you CLACK.,. with a beard... eg es CLALK... oa Can't Beard... HIFP... you speak up?!... No, beard ...GRR... What 2 He has a beard}... AWUY,.. XWUUEL.. = Sy. ts Ml iN) 4 Ve Hello, airport police here... Amaih Karvi- | ] Tasch, sir! The plane From Geneva? It's ae a 1 Hello! CRACK... Yes, I've got it... ERA CK... FRR-RRF,,. By the whiskers of Kurvi-Tasch, what a line! .. Captain Haddock aud Tintin: O.K., O.K. U'll warn the airport control at once... Amarth!That's a relief, [ can tell You Captain Haddock? And you. [ thought they you Tintin 3... You come please. My officer want talk with you, What ? Who is this oFFicer of yours ? Captain, wait. You've _ got something... prey : =e And you too, Manhir Tin- : eal The ancient traditions of Al tin. favs proud to shake Bodurian hospitality de- Ah Captain, this is 4 great privilege f H : the hand which...er... mand that we ensure your fo i ve i" biol ieee os Mele iy First set Foot onthe Moon. [ 3 absolute comfort and safety. | ie 9 Orie PIRHeE AR ete. ) salute you. Amath! ; ... Amarth! A) Lala |. As | was saying: your N These gentlemen, Kronick and Klimsi, i safety... Two interpreters are entirely at your service... They And this js Karvi-Tasch will therefore accompany will take you to the Hote! Sznorr, Platz. Your hotel (s just you during your stay here. where rooms are booked for you. | round the corner, They will take you wher- H wish you a pleasant stay...Amath! ever you may wish Fo go,.. and at what- . ever Cime. — One moment, please. We'll Be careful! Those see about your rooms. Ewo ostrogoths in Geneva certainly tipped of F the police mir a LR abi Lp ae ] =I here. We must keep Our eyes open. Aa ere See ; it Did you see? That was Sig- Here are the keys, This is yours, Manhir | Se aeemaans rea Claes Castafiore , tine We will escort ve Captain. | hope you i : Milanese uightingale. She's to your rooms. will be comfortable, singing at the Szohdd Opera. IP you wish, we will go to hear her one evening : she (s sub- lime as Marguerite, in “Faust”. a Yours isa little Further down: Here you are, Manhir Tintin. We will We're prisoners all right, Snowy, and il unfortunately there were wo | |! come and Fetch you for dinner, in an no mistake about it. The fact that its adjoining rooms. hour. If you need us before then, don't a gilded cage does ference. } \\ hesitate toring: we're entirely at y] —— ek your service. Thank you, gentlemen. Golly! The lap of luxury! [ i T...er...0h yes. You're What are you jab- : ear ee referring Eo tec two bering about? First opportunity we'll butterflies you caught Lepidoptera 2 ditch those two coleop- by the lake, inGeneva. || || Lepidoptera to tera! That's agreed, But those aren't j you, Foo! [... isn't ie? coleoptera, Captain, Hello 2... Hello? Hello?,.. Oh, it's ‘T~ they 're eo you, Captain «, stand that our tele- phone is bound to be .. tapped? Ten thousand thunder- ing Eyphoons!...Now Jim going to chuck you out of the window! \] Let's talk about the simply won- derful hospitality of this ex- quisite country. What good taste! What Eacé! And then their... um... their courtesy. And above | all their... howshall put it2 their Friendliness. Friendliness You... But... What .-- Let... Bub... Look here... [... Blister... Thunder... Hello?... Yes... Yes... We were cut off, 1... er... Don't worry about | the butterflies, which is entirely ...er... friend- Um... Keep on recording. This could be interesting .———— F OI iy ST What?,..No, blistering Well, good luck, Captain, | propose we crack Champagne?! barnacles! [t's that Ci leave you to Ladin... | a bottle of champagne in Champagne for thundering bit of H |jsort things out this gang... sticking plaster. [bs Eogether. But don't following me about ! Forget, we go dain to dinner in an ob, poor Captain! LE must Gentlemen, a toast to Borduria and her | be your rheumatism. Well, : - glorious ruler, Marshal Karvi- Tasch ! | there's nothing like cham- pagne for curing that. Will | you call the wine- waiter ? ! iy ray Ra Hatha! Jimno fool !... You want to make That's right! Hic,..Don't let's worry. Any- us tight... To Find out where..-hic... Pro- way...hic...[ dan'é know anything. fessor Calculus is...Hic--.But you won't Honestly... Lt's Sponsz...hic...the Chief of learn a ching. We'll shut up like trams... No, the “ZEP"!..our secret pol...hic...he's the like prams,..like |Jambs...no, like clams. only one who knows,..And Calculus.-. ad Good ,..good. Lets Forget silly old || Don't lets worry about Calculus. Hell a Calculus. b's Cime for ‘bed , to shift For i ; Ke : I say, they're having quite a party at table seven. That's their Will you take us right up O.K. Mine's locked in Fo our rooms? your room.Thundering typhoons! He'll rouse Fhe whole hotel. Wait. I'll open the door and gf we'll see... Crumbs! Get back, quick! Wait. Perhaps over here... What'll we do?... Ah, [ think I've got an Y Hic,..Not gone to bed yet ?...f just want- That's (t!... Now ed...hic... Fo give you your cap... Hic.., Now, then, let's go... (il stay im the... hic,..corridor. I'll be ... hic... very comfortable; they ‘ve puta Get inside ! Disgustingly drunk...That's why And hurry ! [ telephoned the ZEP immediately. You did well. All the exits are guarded. ba rnacles ! We're trapped!A broken light -bulb ! But where can that have come from? | Quick! The lights are still green! ...that will soon make H-bombs and bal- Here, challenging the world with its listic missiles as obsolete as pikes and gigantic skyscrapers, ig a great trans -At- Yes gentlemen, we of the muskets! ...The day is not far off, gentle- lantic city, which itis superfluous to name. High Command are assem - men, when this weapon will make the bled today to hear about people of Bordurija, and their glorious a remarkable discovery. ruler Karvi-Tasch, masters of the world. After protracted research, .. To prove this to you, [ invite you to Bordurian scientists have give your iis Soe 7 this Screen. Succeeded in = perfecting le ao ie} Aa weapon a h = : Ee. oy Ss) ei) os You see those proud buildings — .and crambling to dust, ing on their foundations; they are |] EE ‘A whole city is wiped From cracking , disintegrating, toppling... the face of the earth ! ‘ef = Gentlemen, at our command, this city is doomed. Inafew seconds it will be reduced to rubble. | have ‘only Fo press this button ..,Extraordinary! Bliss Splendid! We must keep calm, -.. Ehis model of glass and china...Yes, | cansee the bitter gentlemen! And above disappoint ment on your faces: you are sorry not to have all, we must be patient. witnessed the actual destruction of areal city! The great city which Have faith, gentlemen! you saw disintegrating before your eyes was, For the time being, no more than... ! This miniature city was destroyed froma distance by the machine yousee here. | [Eis an ultrasonic instrument.Upto | now itis only effective against glass and china... But inthe near future we shall 1 ... then the enemies of Bor- | be able to destroy AT LONG duria will be strickew with RANGE wot only glass and china, 4 terror before the might of ig Mas Pistons. and steel! Colouel, sir. You ate apne gus for this Eremendous are wanted on | *'"9 Powe weapon already exist: that is all [ can cell you at the moment. ... But whew our hour strikes Z i 3 I = | ay \ ed Hello, Colonel Sponsz You lost track of them An hour Later, at te Lxchbd Opera Houde... Speaking...Oh, it's somewhere near the , — hie fs _ you Laszlo... What?.., Opera’... Area surround- Captain'...\Wake up, Captain! fees li Re a Le —— rt ' Meo P On fh eos N La Si le] They've vanished ! ed t...Good... Well, as It's the interval.... Cap- ck el KGrvi-Tasch, ‘t's I'll trot along Eo the Opera L 1 Al a By the whiskers of 500M as I've finished here : impossible! and check he eecurity ‘Bleue Bo NRSALL 2iN ine — i | precautions. And while : SS — : ('m about it, {ll @ oy SPE by: go and heat < JF oR Castafiore. gi Ma You see, this is the safest place For us,,.No one could | you're ina crowd there's possibly guess that we'd always less chance of taken refuge ab theSo it is... Sponsz, here!...And Calculus's Colone fate depends onthat man! Little , . does he kvow that he and his two It's the end of che inter- henchmen passed withina yard oi! val, Shall we push of F?... [ think it's better to wait till the end of the show. Then we can leave with the crowd, Ee . ° a 2 : Teepe It's hopeless !... The exits are StiFF with policemen. Let's try fo slip out through the Why, look who's here! Hello, my dear young Aha, you little Flatterer, so Come into my dressing- {t's Tintin! my. Friend. How delight - you've come to congratulate room... Yes, yes... T can't (Ga Ful to see you here. me, with this... this Fisher- leave my admirers in man...Mr?...Mr?,.. the passage...\'ve put Er... Hoddack...¢r..Had- Y ff of Marguerite’s prettiest dad... Excuse me, Haddock. |} gown For you... Come ‘| || along in You heard it?...Such a success, wasn't it? TT ue Signora, it's Colonel Sponsz, the Chief of Police. ... One of the greatest Eriumphs of my Fe Neswienes to pay hisiceepects Fe = / But of course! Show him in, girl... career... What applause...especially For the Again? Ah, Jewel Song... They were in ecstasies, weren't they won't they, Mr. Paddock? leave me alone fora moment ! f Haddock, Madam! ! Oh well... Come in!Just a minute, Stgnoral,..The Colonel... Listen, Cll explain every- thing later... but at all costs he mustn't Find us here ! Dio!... What shall wedo? I am deeply honoured, Ma'am to... to Pind my- self in the presence of the celebrated singer who,..er...whd... [...0hyes!...Er.-. ft belongs to the tenor who sings in “Madame Butterfly” ..He forgot it yesterday... But do take of F your coat, Not at all, not at all, Come, (Colonel, make yourself useful... You may open the bottle. wish is my command. Ir Irma, wait a moment!... Quick! Hide in my wardrobe, behind this _ - mY) But do please sit down. SY With pleasure, Ma'am, Take the (Colonel's coae, ) please, Irmaa § .. There... Show the Colon- elin, Crmaa : Earn. Oh, Forgive me!... ['ve sat on something... It's Aa naval officer's cap. Blistering bar- | tacles! My cap! Now Irma, bring the champagne...[t's anold habit of mine, Colovel : champagne after each performance. You'll take a glass with me? Oh! Excuse me, (plonel...1... We were ordered to search the Opera House From top to bottom...For those two foreigners... (car[ suppose you think you'll Find them in here, you Aunderheaded nitwits! Goon, get out! About turn, before [ ex- plode! Yes, but the perfecting of it depends upon the professor, And * till now he refuses fo give us his detail drawings. His reason: he doesn't want his invention used for warlike purposes... | ask you! These Professors! Always wanting the moon! Please excuse those num- skulls, Ma'am. They're hunt- (hg For two spies... Oh, do tell me about them, Colonel, T adore spy- stories!...Your health, Ha! ha! You don't know how true that is! But just now he's on the earth! Between ourselves, he's in the fort- ress of Bakhine. And by the whis- kers of Kiirvi-Tasch, he'll stay there | Ei he decides to give up Che plans! UW Oh, ['m sure he will Your health, Ma'am... Well, it's this way: our secret service have managed to... bo “invite” to Bor- duria a foreign professor, origin - ator of a sensational discovery. ft coucerns a Secret weapon. Once this has been perfected, it will give us world supremacy. Oh, but that’s sim- ply wonder Ful! { hope so, for his sake! Anyway, | have a signed order For his release in my coat pocket. Tomorrow he'll have to choose; either he gives up his plans, or he'll never be heard oF again. — L| And supposing he does give up his plans, Colonel. What happens when in the end. he gets home, and tells all? re Hatha! ['ve foreseen that. If we set the professor Free, iE will be in the presence of two representatives of the International Red Cross, He'll have to declare in front of them that he came to Borduria of his own free will, to of Fer us his plans... [ have passes for | these two representatives in my coae, too. Oh, just part of my job, Ma‘am... But I am gossiping, and time passes... IF [ may dare to presume... My wife is giving asmall party for some friends tonight...and it would give us much leasure if you would agree to come, Just as youare, and sing for us. But of course,..Irmaadd ...the Colonel's coat please, and mine. D. Bithercntalthauentes |e ... Better safe than sorry. I'd better check that every- Ehings all right. Will you excuse me?..,, I see. Colonel Sponsz has sent you to take charge of the professor. Your papers look in order to me,and the order oF Hello, ZEP2...Thisis the commandant at Bakhine, Major Kardouk . Would you put me through to Colonel! Sponsz 2 release... However...iE =] Hello 2... What 2... Oh, he's not in Oh yes. Two representatives Well, gentlemen, everything's per- yet... Who is that?... His secretary? From the International Red Cross... Fectly inorder. ['Il send for ... Mthat case, perhaps you can Their passes? Quite all right, Major, Professor Calculus. [ made them out myself, And the order for release? Yes, Major, thats quite all right too; the colonel signed if yesterday morning. Yes. Amarth! Amaih! Kavitch... What's That's tiresome... Very : the news 2... Any trace oF tiresome. I wonder where Ali! the joy... ¢ popom -pom (alculus's Friends 2 those two artful dodgers ... 29 pompity pom... pom managed to hide...Nothing bore! Aud what else, besides that 2 did he want’ Elsie Z a, a ad time ? Cea ! (2k Kardouk? That old [ Psd Nothing at all, Colonel. Not a sign of them. = He wanted to know if the order Yes, Colonel. That's exact- You... you did say the you signed releasing Pro- H |i ly what | told him, sir... order releasing fessor Calculus was official, Professor Calculus ? By the whiskers of Kurvi- Tasch! When a document H bears wy signature, is it or is iE wot official 2 S The papers!... [t's treason!... They've been stolen! WHAT ?... Their car's just gone? By all the hairs in the whiskers of Kirvi- Tasth, if you don't get them back...['I| have you shot ! WN ' wat a & i ) Hello!... Yes, it's me... Amaih! Colo...What? ... Professor Caley... But sir, [... “Su SS (pe Oe SA ea SS aT 2Yes, it's me, Haddock! ,..And there's Tintin, driving us to i What did { tell you? Motor bikes! OH!...How right | was !... Look there, 4 tank blocking the road!,.. Jamon rakes! They’ve raised the alarm ! PDO, Quick, Captain. Unclip the That's bad... Baie. hood at the back .When rs ep if you've done that, ['l| let / / r. \ =| go at the front... 1 ae Yes, but don't start counting your chickens,..[t's two hours by car to the frontier, aud if our little bluff js discovered before we're across..- {ll tell you the whole story. The big- gest joke is that Colonel Sponsz him- self provided the means of your es- cape!...Magnificent,eh? And luckily iE all happened at the Opera House; iGonly Fook a jiPPy to Riud all we weeded for disguises! Quite something ch? Two! They're bott down in the | es | Now, Captain; we were talking about my umbrella... daisi mene; but ['ve a Feel- Ing that was only the First round ,..By the whiskers of Kiirvi-Tasch, they came a cropper! If they're underneath that lot, there's | not very. wauch to be done... = yeas. is ae IF we hadn't been A thrown clear of the car... | Poor old Calculus is fearfully ... Ehaven't driven a tank groggy... l say, Tintin, watch since our Moon trip. out! You'll have us in the : =, i Sig ditch again! 1 I'm doing my | best, bul... What ?.. What's Trying to stop us with Look out, here they that you say 2... that kind of ramshackle come! ... Don't A tank !.. They've erection ! miss !.., FIRE! taken a tank!! : Blow them up!... Exterminate them!,..Pulver- ise them! ,Hooray! He's coming | W round at last. Cuth- a2) } bert! Cuthbert! [t's me, old Fellow.., We're safe... I always told you this make of gun could be improved, 1 4 i : 9 =p . My umbrella! Have Nonsense Captain! I'm That sed. I was hoping Boring ? OF course it's not boring. you got my umbrella 2 talking about my um- you hadn't lost it... You I'm talking about the detail : brella.Surely you see, | hid my drawing Arawings of my ultrasonic in- ( Blistering bar- can't have lost it 2 aay strument, on microfilm. [ hid : nacles, your um- them in the handle of my um-~- brella! This is a Nf All right, [ have brella... 50 you see, iF you 'd Fine time to worry \ lost your brolly... 3 ; lost it... about an umbrella! AK in Geneva, iF you z mem want to know. [... What are all those Too late! We can't things in the road 2 stop in time! We'll blow up! HELP!... HELP! ... HELP! Mines?... What are you jabbering about? We would have blown HP. And talking of blowing up, | hope these things aren't dangerous, There's a case Who unloaded all that dud stuffon me?... [t's sabotage! H under my seat... The Frontier! We're 4 coming bo the you light them, they ex- Frontier! plode witha terrific bang... Great Snakes, it can'E be Erue | Wr lemeellOnly one weak spot : the customs house itself! Here we go! A barricade!... With anti-tank de- Fences on both sides! What shall we do ? ee / The other Frontier post. Noth- | ing can happen tous now, At las i can have a quiet smoke to celebrate ... the First since we set oF f. They must be refugees From | Blistering typhoous!...[... the Kiirvi-Tasch regime... { Forgot all about them... Poor devils! They'll be blown those thundering thunder- . Eo bits. 7 6An umbrella, you say? Er... what sort of umbrella 2 And now watch carefully... My plans! 2! 2 Stars above ! [ grasp the handle...1 THEY'VE GONE! unscrew it...There... And hey- presto, what do we Myumbrella! [7p My own little umbrella! AG Le last I've found FeBut I'm quite certain that |... I can't believe it! You believe what you like, but ['ve had all I can take ! O.K. You've been rescued; but your plans can look after themselves. J want to go home .-. Eo a little peace Thundering ty- phoons! What's going on here ? Look who's here! The ancient marin- Y er himself ! You dropped in just clas | Two days lalit, at Martinspike... DADDY!.,. Ah, whata relief to to be home Ze 54 Lb 4 ay . DADDY!... There's a great big man with a beard breaking ry toys! Billions of blue blistering barnacles! Wag9! What d'you think you're playing at ? Me?,., Well, it Eurned out nice... But don't let us disturb you, old boy; make yourself at home said: olyon" | said, ‘don't you waste the end of your holiday‘ And your little place was vacant, so | popped in fora Fow days : : Sar -.. with my little brood. a eee L/W HERE!...QUICKLY! [t's Calculus; he went straight up to hisThe microfilms!...['ve found the microfilms!...l'd lefE them on my bed- side table! Imag- We mustn't dilly dally: the sacrifice must be made. .-» Allow me, Captain. Chicken-pox!'!! But... but ...fb's infec- § Fious, chicken- pox ist tt Good old Cuthbert !... Well, now you'll be happy. I presume that without the plans the Bordurians really are inthe soup? And the cream of Ehe joke is, without these plaus the Bor- Aurians can't do a thing! No, no! On the bedside table. They're fin- Billions of bilious blue blister- ing barnacles | Ol! I'm sosorry! I didn't know... I thought... [ say, old chum, l‘ve just Ehought of some- thing...all that clutter in your laboratory... is tt insured? Oh, I'm very well, thank you... Chicken-pox? Well, that’s vice for him. Only it's nok just the Bordur- (ans. \t's everyone who wants to use my invention for war- like ends. And [ shall never allow that. There's ouly one thing todo: destroy them | Ten thousand thundering typhoons! My nerves won't stand much wore of you, Every time I settle down, up pops Erouble!,.. You Flaming jack-in-a-box! Chicken- pox? ... At your age*... Goodness! ... but I'm very worried about the Captain: he has chicken- pox ! Chicken- pox! Hal hal ha! Better go and live in a hen-coop! Ha! ha! ha! Chicken- pox! Ha! ha! ha!