Then one day Andre tried the experiment on himself. Eventually, however, he ironed out the mistakes and found that the invention worked perfectly. He also tried transmitting the family cat, which disintegrated perfectly but then never reappeared. Helene's manuscript reveals that at first Andre encountered several flukes, including an experiment in which he transmitted an ashtray that reintegrated in the receiver pod with the words "Made in Japan" on the back written backwards. He had two such machines in his basement, one being used as a transmitter pod, the other as a receiver. Using machines that he called disintegrator-reintegrators, Andre could instantaneously transfer matter from one location to another through space. His brother, Andre Delambre, was a brilliant research scientist who had just found an amazing discovery. The next day she gives him a handwritten manuscript, and later that night he reads it. She relents and advises him to come back the next day, at which time he will receive his explanation. Francois threatens to go to the police and give them the information about the insect if she does not tell him what he wants to know. Realizing that this might somehow hold a clue to the murder, Francois confronts her with the news that Henri spotted a strange fly, and Helene becomes extremely agitated at this news. Later that evening, he hears Henri mention something about a fly with a funny white head. Then one day she inquires how long a housefly's life span is. Francois goes to visit her often, but she never provides the explanation for the question that he most desperately wants to know. Eventually she is sent to a mental asylum and Francois is given custody of his brother's young son, Henri. Helene seems surprisingly calm throughout the investigation, willing to answer all questions except one: she will not give the reason for killing him. He does, and they find the mangled remains of his brother in the family factory, his head and arm crushed under a hydraulic machine press. On the other end of the line is his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed his brother and that he should call the police. The story begins late at night when Francois Delambre is awoken by the telephone.
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