about two o'clock in the afternoon
Inside his mind , the seventeen asked anxiously , `` Do you think he 'll give the alarm ? Will he report your presence ? '' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- Back on the highway , the boy was gathering the berries back into his basket while he tried to make his mind up . * * * * * Jordan reached Earth atmosphere about two o'clock in the afternoon . He immediately reported in to the Terrestrial police force , and via the teledepth screen spoke with a bored lieutenant . The lieutenant , after listening to Jordan 's account of his mission , assured him without any particular enthusiasm of the willingness of the Terrestrial forces to coöperate , and of more value , gave him the location of all licensed sources of radiation in the western hemisphere . The galactic agent set eagerly to work , and in the next several hours uncovered two unlisted radiation sources , both of which he promptly investigated .