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What had happened to Larry , Alten could not guess , unless the Robot had returned , ignored him and taken his friend away . During that day of June 9 Alten summoned several of his scientific friends , and to them he told fully what had happened to him . They listened with a keen understanding and a rational knowledge of the possibility that what he said was true ; but credibility they could not give him . The noon papers came out . NOTED ALIENIST ATTACKED BY GHOST Felled by One of the Fantastic Monsters of His Brain A jocular , jibing account . Then Alten gave it up . He had about decided to plead guilty in the Magistrate 's Court to disorderly conduct and all the rest of it !