ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF GARTH STORY PUBLISHED IN HINDUSTAN DAINIK [HINDI NEWSPAPER IN INDIA] FROM 3 MAY 1970-25 JULY 1970 AS "अपने आदमी "----
Professor Lumiere is having dinner with Garth and a
prominent industrialist otto metlar after finishing an exhausting job on a top
secret experimental work for defence-
Otto metlar- oh professor you look very tired, you need
rest, and I will even suggest you a pace for that..spend ten days in arcadia
smith’s nursing home, she worked wonders for me she is a fantastic woman.
Garth- arcadia smith? Who is her sir otto?
Otto- a beautiful woman and intelligent too, runs best nursing
home in the country, all big shots go there
Garth- professor go there, what is good for pop singers
should be good for you too!
Professor- rest therapy? oh the offer seems tempting!
Professor- I will telephone to fix an appointment with her.
Otto- no no! Professor, arcadia agrees only with great
difficulty ,,leave I to me I will fix it for you!
That night Otto metlar
calls on arcadia smith on telephone-“arcadia,lumiere will be ‘useful’”
Arcadia- ok matler I will meet him tomorrow at 11 am give me
the full data on the life of professor lumiere from the file of character and
life of important persons data base.
Ok !miss smith
“This eminent scientist who is well connected and is on
friendly terms with many big people, I think he is the right case for our
‘special’ treatment.
Next day in front of a large regal palatial house in mafayer
London-
Ok professor I hope you will regain your health and fitness
when we meet after two weeks-says garth as he drops proff. Lumiere at arcadia
smith nursing home
Professor- I hope the same Garth.
Arcadia-professor I am arcadia smith ,I am happy to find you
amongst overselves,when would you like to be admitted?
Professor –‘right away madam smith’
Keep professor in a vip suit adjoining lord mountathol’s
suit.
Oh! The banker mountahol?
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Arcadia smith- dr Helmut you perform an encephalogram on
professor lumiere tonight, I want you to study his brain before you perform the
operation on him.
Dr. Helmut-very well Miss smith!
Professor lumiere- why I am being given this injection?
Ms smith-it is only a mild sedative totally harmless!
Professor lumiere-[yawning] I am tired, I want to sleep.
Ms smith- he is ready take him to Operation Theater.
Lumiere’s neuronal synapses are being analyzed-
Dr helmuth- a model case Miss smith, when do I operate?
Smith- right now! Helmut.
A tiny microscopic electrode is inserted inside professor’s
brain—
Stitches will heal in two days and you will have one more
slave ready Miss smith
Smith- we well put him to test when he regains consciousness.
Lumiere!from now onwards you will obey my commands
unhesitatingly without question, is that clear?
Yes madam!
Test of lumiere’s complete obedience-----
This revolver is loaded.put it against your temple and pull
the trigger!
Lumiere-with pleasure!
Dr. helmuth and arcadia smith watch the professor obeying
the command of shooting himself in the head
Helmuth- he is your’s until death! Miss smith!
Smith- good one more recruit for our project!
Meanwhile Garth picks up the telephone to know how
professor’s health is improving in the
nursing home
Garth! Hello!! Am feeling rejuvenated! Ten years younger
and full of vigor!- Lumiere booming voice in the phone startles Garth!
Very well I will come and see you! Garth answers on the phone.
The electrode implanted in the professor’s brain relays the wish of Arcadia smith—“Lumiere! No visitors! Get rid of him”
No garth! Please stay away .i don’t want to see you now!
Professor responds.
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Garth- professor what happened to you? You do not want to
meet me?
Lumiere[at the other end of the phone]—lumiere!stop
irritating me![click]phone disconnected!
Garth [thinking and wondering]-professor disconnected the
phone while I was still talking; he has never done that before!
“he has changed! What have they done to him in that nursing
home? Garth is puzzled.
Ms smith--Professor Lumiere leaves nursing home after a fortnight—lumiere! Remember you are
constantly under my control! Whenever I call you, you will come without any fuss!
Lumiere-[I am] your obedient slave miss smith!
Ms smith- you will not speak about this to anybody, to break
this rule will mean instant death!
Lumiere- I understand ms smith!
Now you get on with your work Lumiere…whenever I need you my
message will be relayed to you!
Now go!
Garth meets the professor outside the nursing home, helping
him with his bags he comments-“professor you indeed look ten years younger.”
Professor “Garth I feel as if I am reborn! Arcadia smith is
certainly an amazing woman! ….i have never met anyone like her whom I admire
and respect so much!
Garth- if I hadn’t known you better ,I would have said you
have fallen in love with that woman!
Professor turning his back on Garth- bah! You don’t
understand anything, now if you please excuse me I have work to do.
Garth [thinking to himself]—
“Professor you have changed! I would like to meet this Arcadia smith!”
“ am sorry sir ,but you can’t meet miss Arcadia smith
without prior appointment”- Garth is being held off at the door of nursing home by
an orderly.
“Then I will make that appointment now” responds an adamant Garth
“That is impossible , now go away- orderly tries to shut the
door on Garth’s face while Garth hold it open with his iron hand-“tell her that
I am Garth and I want to see her now.
Garth forces his way in as orderly gestures menacingly-“so
you want to play it rough? Have it your way suits me fine I love to play it
tough too it is my nature! Try me!
Garth catches hold of the orderly’s wrist and swings him
like adoll over his head and strikes his other two roughneck colleagues.
Arcadia smith witnesses the fight- who is that tough guy
deno?
Calls himself Garth! Miss Smith almost broke my neck!
“Garth? if he really is Garth I can use him” thinks Arcadia smith.
Stop this racket right now do you hear me? She shouts to her
bouncers fighting Garth.
