The three companions agreed to set off the next morning but a call from Professor Faulkner to Rick changed the plan.
“Hello, dear boy, I have an invitation you might find interesting. What would you say if I told you Matthew Lewin wishes to meet you?”
“The Matthew Lewin?”
The“The very same and if you confirm, you’ll be meeting him at midday tomorrow in my study.”
“But isn’t Professor Lewin...”
“Disabled? Yes, but it’s not a serious problem for you, Rick; maybe it was for him when he was at school. You know how children can be at times. It’s cerebral palsy. It means he walks with some difficulty and his slowness of speech and slight problems of enunciation cannot hide one of the most brilliant minds in the firmament of physics and cosmology. I spoke to him about your experience and he
