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Now Mr. Swift said , `` You 're right , son . We 'll insert a blocking filter in the R.F. stage that should do the trick . '' Their minds relieved of this problem , the Swifts were eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the brain energy from space the next day . The scheduled time , if pinpointed at exactly two weeks from the moment when the first message was received , would be half an hour past noon . The spot , two miles from Enterprises , was on a lonely hillside . It was shaded by trees , higher up the slope , with bushes and other wild-growing greenery softening its contours . Over the week end , Tom had had carpenters from Enterprises put up a small cabin at the foot .