iN HERGE ADVENTURES OF TIN THETHE CALCULUS AFFAIR Hello 2... Hello... No, It'S preposterous! Madam, | am not Mr. Cutts F the butcher...No, Madam, this 's not Marlingpike 431. This is Uh 421, Madam... Notat all, Madan. z--And from now on, all { wane is my daily stroll... No more travels or adventures; no more careering all }} reund the world... I've had enough it | = That's abou the -RRaing tenth time... Ber Again? Hello ?... No, Madam Tam not Mr Cutts f. the butcher!... beg youn pardon ?.. Oh! Excuee me, I. er...Captain Haddock?|| |p Tm afraid he’s wot in, He's gone for a walk, No, no, this time I'm quite serious. All [ want wow is to settle down in peace and quiet... ASE Ah, peace and quiet !... How quiet Lv it is here... just listen bo it.(so much for your peace and quie Captain! Lock ever there. The a brewing. ts high time we got back to tha house Good old Nestor! He's come to mect us with an umbrella. Rx Thank you, Nestor. We'd have been abselutely soaked, By the Tasch! Someone els watching them already . BENETWell, were home again... and none tao soon, cithen | The telephone, Nestor. Hello... No Madawi, Tam wot Mr. Cutts the butcher !,... No, Madawt...NO, Madam? suFiddle-de-deo, Madam! = THak's at least the twentieth time... Quite 50, Nestor, But one must lways Keep one's temper. especially with a lady... And | besides, Nestor, you should ever telephone during a storm: itis extremely dangerous. That's that, And now, my friend, 1 think Ul just have a quiet aks if you don't mind. Blistering barnacles! That Flash of lightning wacn't Tae Fanny thing is, that happeried AFTER the clap of thunder, Ishighly dangerous to tele- plone during a storm. You should know better! And the best of luck, Madam!Vanished!.,.Vaporized! |} |{ Billions of blis- .. foor Captain ! How dreadful ! tering barnacles | Thundering typhoons! My priceless Chinese vase! m How in the world could that vase have brokent Oh || Anyway, it certainly wacn't done by the lightning My beautiful But this time {know | Florentine mirror! |) || the answer. Your confound ‘Snowy: This is his handiwork, But Took here , Cap- tain, that's absurd .- How could he A ossibly J Billions oF bilious blue blist barnacles! Now the electriWhat shall [ do, 6 » Shall { open Hey! You there... Who d'you think you are? fillions of blue blistering farnacles! That's a Fine way tyintroduce yourself. And what dyou want here, anyway? Waga, 0 Yes, quite a story... I was driving along when, crack!... my wind- sereen shattered, and all the other windows as well. In that down- pour too! So! said to myself: "Jolyon; (that's my name), Jolyon F the Rock Bottom Insurance... “Yolyon’ £ said to myself, “what are you going to do now?™.. Then I saw your house, “I'll shelter there” { said... Here, take my coat, old chap. You'd better stay here till the Nice little place youve pt here. Must say [prefer something wore modern, but still. the wife, eh? the lightning. Oho! had a ciFf with [... It wag probably Is that whisky you're drinking ? You can pour one for me while you're about it. Not that [ like the stufF: I'm just thirsty, thats all. Lightning #... Ha! ha! ha! Aud Ul bet you werent insured, eh, you old | rascal? Well what a bit of luck that Jolyon Wagg dropped in: helll soon fix you up with a neat little policy =] Not bad armchairs, these. I don’ Hand on ceremony, you know, A it my of aclown, that's me. ® Never a dull moment with we around, 1 take after my Uncle Anatole; hewas a barber, you know. Oh, you should have met him! proper caution, he was. Always telling stories, make you die of laughing... Like this one... There were two men in a railway carriage, see...Did... did you see that?... was just t You think that’s Funny, eh? [3 that standing, my glass in my hand, aid... all you've got to say? IF you could have seen your- sel? when that glass blow up! Your Paco was a ecream | Ha! hatha! Reminds me |) of that story of Uncle Anatole’... Half a mo! while [ Ehink of it... Oh yes. There was this man went into a pub, see, and ordered a pint oF beer. He was just going to Arink it, Whew Blow me! Did... did yeu see Bhat ss-Just like yours! ... J...er.. think the storm has. passed. | must be on my way - don't get it! [P'Tve wasted quite enough time hers, anyway. Goodbye! 7 By the way...er... what about your insurance against lightning ? Yes, everything. My lifes insured against accident; against hailstones, rain, floods, tidal waves and tornadoes ; against cholera, ‘Flu, and colds inthe head ; moths, weevils and grasshoppers . .. The whole lot! In fact, sin, the only things I'm not insured againct aré insurance agents ! No thank you, Mr Wagg. Tim insured against everything under the iq sun. H You old humbug, you! Well, that's all sete i VU send ou a policy... No, better Sei Ti Being rt mysele That 'Il give us a chance to have another chinwag o- Aa et HPA He can go to the devil— him, and his insurance, and his Uncle Anatole! Calm down, Captain, Shouldn't we try to solve the mystery of allthis broken glass? PAB You're right But still, |ing Did you hear those Professor, just look 0h, it's Professor Cal shots ¢ at your hat! jculus, on the way back —s Excuse me... é [from his [aboratory. No, it's over now. The rain has stopped. T can't understand it at all. The moths never used to make such big holes as these. [if Right. Just let me fetch a torch, and Til be with you. Calculss cortainly came along Captain! Snowy’ picked up a tis path... scent. Come on, let's Follow him We must cend for Blistering barnacles, , Siet Something the police at I} what an evening! happened ! im age What an evening! | Penis You stay here while Gl name, what's beating. go.and telephone, the matter now? faintly... ,Oh, sir! Your beautiful Veretian chandelier, upstairs. Smashed tosmithereens, sir! What the butcher 1! B ing barnacles | T beg your pardon. Wrong number. Marlinspike Police Station... Wha is that? «0h yes, Captain...Yes. Shots you say 4 Someone I] injured, in the grounds & i very good, Captain, we'll be with you right away. He talks with a strong Here we are. foreign accent... He seems You'll soon see... to be badly hurt. 3 Lsay....are you sure thie is the place? Absolutely certain. Look, the grass is Flattened down! Hello 2... Whatt Madam de- dee, Madam! a x 4 it , [ oh, you've come back! Io fetch some water. The poor Fellow wants a Great snakes! The woundad van... he's vanished !Blistering barnacles Mercy! Have pity! Please Blistering barnacles, you don't have out oF there, or don'é kill me! [ wouldn't q to tell me that | Just explain what harm afly...l'mjusta Wf you're doing down there simple Fellow. .. plas Somebody tried to murder me! WH Wait... { can hear a Are you the one who telephoned? Iwas walking towards my car. car, Tt must be the Good. The doctor and the ambulance then suddenly : Bang! Bang! police. are just behind us. Where is the casualty? Here | am, motnspector... | [ But didn't rou report that] ff then why were J] Bat Lam, Mr Inspector; Jolyon Wagg... Thatie J Yu Founda wounded man? | I] you pretending Hl I'm the victim of ar atteck; me... Wanna Co be the vic~ Wl Iwas shot at. Sof said irik i ae You've been shat? row he's Vanished. i are eis They weren't Firing at him, Calculus ? He's a friend | a But Go on Snows sergeant, but the shots must of mine. He came back this is Tin- Seek it ow have whistled past him, ] te thehole with a tin! Here... In Fact one went through house in his hat... No, Gileulus's hat. Tmean...Anyway, Tin tin told me...[The wounded man got You've lost the scent, eh || ff He was Picked up by ace | I away through this hale Snowy? Tcan guess why. waiting here Fer him, | inthe . hedge. There's nothing to be dene. z Come on, lets go buck bathe We'd better go back to the house) ‘Snowy picked up a scent. Bat it didn't tea apie yaar talk things over more easily where. GanVoutiisan Ene alags Where have you sprung From 3 There's nothing more we can dohert jie broke by itasil? Yeo, this case looks a hope less muddle tome. +» BLOP... BLUB oe. PLibThere...in the... Blub... Wait aminute. Rinse your mouth out First. Ul bring you a glass of water. Hey, Snowy, be quiet. What Why ? What's ip, Captain ? Blistering barnacles, I don't Know about you Tintin, but all this carry-on is beginning to get on my nerves, Yes, ever since yesterday there’s been a strange Ry feeling about the house. ee Let's goand sec. sounded like asmash || on the road. H Well, what do you make of it? [t's exactly what happened to that creature, Jolyon Wagg. It's fantastic.Road -hog! Dipsomaniac! Steam-roller }.. Bilis} Nitwit! Yes, it's us. Hello... The local police have told us all about that business last night. 50 we're here toinvestigate. | i | Tobe precise: we're here A the right moment, too! ] geod Fellow was driving quietly Just take a look here. This The whole thing began last night... along past the Front of the house } Why, arg When, CRACK,..You see what happeied'..What do you make of it | Hello, Cuthbert. ‘Are you going away? No, no. 1’ jase going I'm Flying to Geneva, where ('m taking part iva congress on nuclear physics. No, not For very long: only two of three days, | must go now; I've just time to catch the Iki To Geneva... But you never train. Goodbye. mentioned it tome before, Well, that's one person who's quite unconcerned by all this business. Yes, but somehow he seems [y, rather more preoccupied than usual. k out | Here he come: Get the chloroform reads"Worning frofessor. Going fo the village? os Yes? ,.. Well, jump in. Kitrvi-Tasch ! We've By the whiskers of : Ga missed him! } ...And that's the whole story, gentlemen. Can you wake anything of it? ... [just give up. Him... We'll have Eo think this over, Alright. But there's just one thing: please don't sip about this TP) Pusiness. [dont fuanéa wirole crowd Lfsinescers here You can rely on us; Mum's the word". "That's our motto, | [ vexed = US Pop, | to, DO Cece atk Assn WOR tua ashen’: AN, pew a uot ODOC we a &l Daily Heporter ai eA Ae SERY AT MARLINSPIK DIMANCH! ous Sailor in Glasy Sensati etre du ver 2 | aMBURGER ‘TAGEB) nvoye | cause de C8) (IKE? ma | ranges ee] AMET ane | ft, | Eine nde Wie BTA TNs SelJust look at that horde of rubber- No doubt, But somehow It’s just a thought... By the way, [ wmecks! They can hardly wait to I think they are going to | || know Calculus hates anyone going see the rest of my windows be disappointed. into his laboratory, but {4 rather lke smashed to bits! Wii b g] Hl to have a look round in Ehere. Have Mal de 1 you got his key? Yes... but whats the deat Tins not suggesting anything, Captain. im simply Crying Well, ['ve been thinking about this |] || Ina nutshell, you suggest business, and one thing struck me; our Friend Cuthbert's the glass-breaking only occurred respousible for all those work, it out. when Calculus was out; of, to be incidents? But that's more accurate, when he was im his Lous | ie; laboratory, And since he left for Ganeva yesterday, nothing more has happened. T say, Captain, can Blistering barnacles, you smell any- that's quite right! Wes, but Calculus doesn't smoke,I) A packet of cigarettes and an ignition key, Well we know something about him=and | know something else, He's got a puch like the kick of a It's no use Following him: he's disappeared « But look what | Fell out oF his pocker when Snowy ripped it Broken glass! Blistering barnacles, || you were right. It's certainly Gleulus who..Ha! hal ha! ha!...Fooled you properly that time, didn't [, my hearties? T... You... Billions of blue blister- Now then, this'll cheer you up: | ing barnacles! ... Fil. {ve brought your insurance proposal. Ha! ha!.." Hands Ups”... bhe old gag never fails | I say Captain, look what's written here in pencil, on this cigar- ette packet. TT wie ie ee Captain, something Cursh ib | tells me the frofessor’s || Whereshat paren in danger there ix Genew.|] got itshel? to! I'm going over to join m. By thunder, thats the hotel in Geneva where Cuthbert usually stays. } coming with you! And I suppose you think Cll let you go alone. Nonsense! I'm H Come ont [| To Geneva! you better get a moves ids have just left by air for3.30p.m., at Ceinlrin Aerport, Geneva. i Ga OK.,1 get it: if theyre here, we buzz iif to Geneva and wait for them at fornavin Station, at the Swissair bus terminal. Here they come...You barge into them and push them Jaround; they'll getangry, there'll bea Fight...All to gain time... & Bah! Foiled ! A gendarme. Ah, there's a gendarme. We'll ask,hins, Hotel Cormavin & You'll Find it just across the road Is Professor Calculus staying here, please? Phew, what a relief! Please tell him Cap- tain Haddock and Tintin are here. Professor Calculus? Yes, sir. His key is not on the board, go he must be ik his room.Fourth It's very odd... he isn't Number 122, Fourth floor Floor, please. anewering. Yet he should The lift is on your left. be in his room. in, Thank you. We'll leave Perhaps he can't hear. our luggage here, We'd bettergoup. What number is his room, please? I know he's deaf... || || his room; supposing but all the same something's happened oo to hives Blisterivg barnacles,]} {{ Supposing he's not in] If Not in his room, sir! Then his key should be here. Great snakes! But there it is! Wait... I've got it. This You're right... He must have gone out while my back was morning Professor Calculus they come: asked me for te time of r trains to Nyon. [ remember Neg ds E kiow: were he, now: he said he'd take the 6 mighh have gone 4:40, {f you hurry you'll still catch him at the station. I, Look out! Here We have exactly seven minutes. N\y Hey, you! Why can't you watch where You're going 2! You clumsy oaf, are you suggesting Hit was my Fault? What*! You have a werve, insulting me, you blundering barsce! Mc, a bargee!! Billions of blue blistering | bamactes, Ud have you know... ‘| Floundering about! WAL Please Captain, You ought to be please! We shail } locked up ! miss Calculus Lucky for you I'm in a urry Ha! hal He saye hes ina hurry! What: happened 2... Forgot I it was. Fevolving deor, Hats Jl all...and | pushed rather hardili listerin I'm going to have Did Professor Cal- || Hello, switchboard. Has No. Pie ot i aecoe afew words with || |) culue make any 2a made any outside calls ; telephone calls nce he arrived? No. 122, an Se i after his arrival To Nyon 9.51.03... back. H Ups] No you won't! A |) one moment, please 3... Thankyou very much 90 Pack... : We've other thing Til inauire, T] That's a good idea: to attend to. we'll go back Hello, inquiries ? Could | Could you take us to you please give me the Nyon? 57A, route tame and address oF de Saint-Corgue. the subscriber at Nyon 9.51.03, Yes, Ill hold on... Hello, yes... Topolino, Alfredo... 57A, route de Saint -Cergue, Nyow, .. Thank you very much. Did you notice, Captain, Good. Now then, a little swerve, that the chap we sur~ and jam on the brakes... hara! prised in Calculus’s lab- oratory and the one who tripped you up were wearing the same sort Crumbs!... What's happening?.. We're skidding. HELP! HELP! ..HELP!Look! One's just come Mite) || The driver?...And Snowy? [ie up again reste, ie Py : NaC aa I saw it allt The roadhogs! They { Thank goodness... Look here, swerved deliberately. IF they'd there's something | must ask Wanted to push you into the lake you to do for me. Would some- try couldn't have done it better.|| | one please bake us on to yen? | It's terribly urgent. We'll leave ‘our names with you, to give to the police. By the whiskers of Kiirvi-Tasch! It's them!... They escaped! Run them down, Stefan: and this time, don't yniss! Here we are, gentlemen. This is Nyon. To reach route de Saint (érgus you go through the tunsel Good. Thank you very much, gtThe Citroen 15 that pushed us into the lake | Brutes!....Filibustersta Nitwits !.., Steam rllerl + Abecedarians! Come along, Captain! sv. Let's hope we can get there before it’s too late. What is it Can you hear something ¢ Come and have | a listen at this door, Yes, thats y it... How peculiar... It sounds like something bumping againsta pipe... Let's have another try. Perhaps they didn't hear us. Ah, that's stir- red them up:Calculus’s winbretia! «.. Welldone, Snowy! This absolutely proves its he certainly came here. Come in quickly !... The back door was open; {got in that way. WOOAH! WooaH | Not a soul... But what's that on cg A bottle and two glasses, Crumbs! Just look at Someone was expecting us. Let's hope we're nok this book! too late. Perhaps hhe's still about. Wait 4 moment while | fix the Nightjit's as dark 48 a dungeon in here with the shut- ters close Look}... That's the same asthe. queer machine we found in Calculus's laboratory. Ha! ha’ ha! In fact, you ve put your head right ‘into tthe lion's mouth... It's byan American scientist “German Research in World War IL." ...Captain, this is a stroke of luck,The radio'... You set it going when Great snakes!... THAT you plugged in Ga aaleek CIGARETTE!... Another! You will pay dearly for your folly, Lawton, my Friend! Ha! ha! hal... At last we can settle our accoun the lamp. Tee retort ara aan l = AX |doyou nogood...}} || that cigarette? ‘oi Il Fy You were absolutely right, Captain: something's knocking against the cen~ tral-heativg pipes. Let have a look inthe yy cellar, Min ST See here; it's the same as the packet dropped in Galeulus’s laboratory ~ Chane | CLANG Listen... there] itis again, Blistaring bar) intruder, hnacles, 0 it i How silly they are! They've Forgotten L. Uncle uthbert's nice wew brally! Careful... Go quietly: don't make a moise. . Sy aSapristi! I'm Professor Topolino! Just wai monster Cal Yes, Professor Topolino. ['ve been brutally assaulted and throws into the cellar! E tiINT see that leulus agai j and | refuse to allow... Yes, Calculus! Do you know the scoundrel ? [ Sir, Calculus ie our best friend, My’ heartiest What delight upa Oh, 30 he's a friend of yours, Anyway, who are you, and what are you deing in my house? We owe you an explana- But shall we do that upstairs, when congratulations! ful people you know you have bit? up. Last Thursday the first windows and glasses were broken I] And it’s wo joke. imagines i| you're holding a glass ivi your I| Hand and suddenly... Just a minute, Captain... On the same day we heard the shots in the park, and found a wounded man who vanished. The ext day Calculus left for Geneva, and the glass-breaking stopped immediately. oratory, leaving bohin Yes, without eve dri The day after that, a masked wan slipped through our Fingers in Onthis packet was written! Geneva, Hotel Cornavin, We were anxious For our friend's safety, 60 we set off for Geneva. (Galeulus's lab™ 4a cigarette packet: stopping For ink... [ithe Hotel Cornavin, wehad.arow with a range man. On the way From Geneva, a Hick Citroen tipped us into Ene lake. fie) We hada drink there, all right! But not as good as your excellent Swiss wine! Finally, just near here, the same black Citroen tried to A Few minutes later, we found you in your cellar. Tan us down, and missed by inches. Er... That coal dust mode me dreadfully thirsty. What about you? packet of cigar-| ettes, do you know this ty | As for the The brand that Boris smokes!en done already, withoutf mashing this bottle! But hurry up! There were three oF us in the house, and a dog x + || looked ix very bad shape. todi a ne Bring in the two E a=] 6 . Af i Wy Professor [Topotino’s house should] xTh you go! Gentlemen, the statements you made yesterday have been checked and confirmed. You will be released immediately. Tmust apologise For our mistake. That's quite all right, Mr, Magistrate. None of this would have happened if our credentials hadw't been stolen... with our luggage. We're in Swiss dis- guise while we're Searching for our friends Tintin and Haddock. We have important news for them. You'll Fina thevw in the hospital, quite wear here. You're justin tin They 're getting ready to leave T say, how clean these hospitals are. Just look a the shine on the Floors! «Yes, important news. We caught him... the maw in the park who was wounded, then vanished. He's Syldaviaw. But we can't got another thing out of hin. He swears hewas there “quite by chance". Quite by chance, Cl bet hewas, Thanks all the | same, Um tortie sorry you sipped | up.» We muse b ‘off to the poli station. dl For now. «This is how I see it. Calculus had perfected| ‘an ultra.sonic instrament, capable oF destroying glass from a distance, glass and -who knows? whole buildings, tanks, ships... 1 short, a terrible weapon....1n a letter to Topolino, Cuthbert described his This letter was discovered by Topolino’ servant, a Bordurian called Boris, who Lipped of his country's #2¢- ret service. But the Syldavian espionage got wind of the invention too, and sont an agent to Marlinspike. He stumbled upon his Bordurian rival, who shot him arrives in Geneva, but we ate close behind. And since we make life diPFicult For spies and kidnappers, they try bo | dliminate us, Fight efi thing is to Find Calculus. But where can he re?.. Who knows what they have done with poor Cuthbert Blue blistering karnacles' A lighted cigarette! The tat- headed Fire-raisers! Nit-witted nineping! Beal bazouks! A"C.D." plate, 3] do as you like! Certified Diplodocuses, that's whalook at this cigarette, a C.D. car..: Bordurian Well then, this afternoon we'll laptain. The same Dipigcie carpet Thad reconnoitre. We'll go out to hrand...once again! Weans from an embassy, Rolle and ey out te land : a ake fy = and tonight, Captain, we'll Thundering typhoon) as est real wee Rolle... That's go into action! eee T1982» must Find out that is. A post office directory will tell us. We'd better go back to Nyon 4 Few miles From Nyon, Don't makea sound Captain, were nearly ther He's landing on the lawn... Moor the beat and we'll Here comes an have Ro absolute whop- per! Listen to the din! Look over there ; Crumbs! The man Good heavens! somecne's coming, inthe middle... || ff Whats happening no mistaking that S silhouette... Its Gleulus! They're going to put him aboard the helicopter!Someone's try- thg to rescue Calculus! Quick, Captain, let's Go for the ugliest +. Taat won't be dificult - you'll sec. Tm with yout! Come on! It's the thug who knocked me out in Quick, Cap- [gl Rapp!...Noh dzem bithss} Galeulus's laboratory, back at Marlin- | tain,comeon! spike.».the man with the cigarettes! The Captain... we must wait for the Captain...We'd better wot hang around here, Captalu; the others will be back Onily one thing odo:| goafter them in ptaway with the Professor! the helicopter There theyare. Let's get backto the lawn, We're overhauling them fast, You can see their wake clearly Blistering barnacks! ‘OH! You monster! Another wlosquito, in- |} |} Just you wait... side this goldfish-bowl! By the Sceptre of Obtokar! Their heli- copters on our tail ! Go on Vladimir, they're within range.We just miseed them’. But blistering barnacles, we'rel| out of control! |! think we must have Erimme Hal hal ha! You prize purple the treetops. Still keeping |} |} jellyFish, yout up the com= |] |] Must I kill my- | |] mentary! self drumming it |] You know, youre |} |] into your thick || an absolute skull ? This ismo wow at the Joke !... Now listen mike, Captain! By Av (BY? Don't bother, Captains it's too late anyway. Look: the petrol gauge is down to zero. A bullet must have holed the tank. The only thing we can do is toland on the road in front of the car and force it bo etop.First we'd better clear the road, in case oF Thundering typhoon They must have a Jack Brabham at the wheel! Let's thumb That's that. They've slipped through our Fingers...And Cal- culas with them, a lift, Blackguards!... Egoists!... Nitwits! Troglodyces !... Polygraphs |... It's incredible what cads r some drivers are. They make those infernal see you like that, all || - 3 mileage-merchants stop alone on the road, and ! when people ‘ignal. whoosh!...they sweep past! Blistering Irhat. times we Bah, they Os well, we needw't despair. top. There ave still a fewgentle- the world,Blistering barnacles, The black Citroen... No, Captain, get down! They'll start you've got it wrong. It was shooting any moment black ail right, but it had a Didn't you recognise the |) French number plate; the black Citroen? other one was Swiss. ‘And on top of it all, you're soaked ,.. fit [ promise you, my pet, there were two people inthe wad who signalled to me, And | say, Jules, that its time you went to the ‘cculist and ordered stronger glasse Oh, the sun will soon Ary mesa off, If TF only we had an wig T= LEE. Bashi-bazouk’! ... Ectoplasm! 1] |f Excuse we, sir, bvt could you please help us? We're chasing some car-bandits Mamma mia! It was you! | OY: e 1. they've kidnapped one of our Friends, te Basta... And now why Profeseor Caleulus, and... Sa pier Allover ot Madonnal...Inobardito... we ee 5 chase? Vabene! You get in Billions of blue blistering bar- I show you... Italian car, [talian nacles! Must you do that? driver, the best in the world, not Gaw't you start off like other || |) AvanEI! Prestissimo! We catcha hin people ? il povero Professore!HY talcus. Ferhaps we'd better explain, Our friend Calculus has au invention which secret agents From a I] foreign power are trying to steal, That is why they kidnapped hr Friend, But arrival gang, probably secret agents From another country, grabbed Hitch- hikers! Blistering barnaclee, there ought to be a law against them! As | was saying, this second gang snatched our friend From the First lot. We...er... J Don't you think we'd better slow down? Mamma mia!...Whatta is hap- pening? This noise is peculiare. Diavolo! I think now: uno pistone?... Una valvola? es it's nothing. w-it..it...it's my... Iny E-t-tetecth...ch-ch- DU) sh-ch-chattering ... Ola! You think | drive troppo presto f... Er... f believe the Gaptain thinks that you're Flying too low...(You barbarian! Going through a built-up area at that speod! You'll pay For this!... Your name? Arturo Benedetto Giovanni Now wemake up for the lost Guiseppe Pietro Archangelo I ‘ time... Avanti bai Cartoffoli da Milano }Blistering barnacles, we'll break ftp theyare again! |] fa Thundering typhoons! The our necks, I tell you! Bait level-crossing barrier’ closing k ne! Gene! We BD Vere too lates seen catcha them up! ou fe're too late to get through, FX Whew! Thundering typhoons, } iP we go on like this I'll have a heart attack! We put on the brakes, By heaven!! What d'you think you're || |{ What dowewant®][ Calculus? And what t uperbissimo! playing at? What do you want? |} || Quite simply: || might that be: Calculus? } 9 Calculus. Where || A plant ¢ Aw animal That's odd. Taher tan't see Calculus... q You know as well as wedo! What What about the boot 2 There! Now where's your Coelacanth? have you done with him ? Inside the spare wheel, U suppose. Young wan, L could say Td ask you to mind your manners, that ‘the contents of my Once and for all, I've never heard hoot are none of your of your CandyFlose! You can business: but since | see that iy chauffeur and 1 don't wish to be mast: are alone iv wy car...Does that satisfy you, Mr. Sher- lock Holmes ? Or would you like Eo dismantle my carburet- tort No? In that case, get out of the road and let me pass. You've wasted enough of my Hime already. Mamma yia! You Fool me nicely, yes?...You tella me the big fib, yes? You just wanta to make hitch-hike...and me stupido who believes you! Madonna, howyou Fool met Va bene! Now you walk. Addio ! What cau have happened Did we Follow the wrong cart... Ordid Calculus stay in the motor- boat? Now what's burning youup? What idiots we are! Under the back seat! Why?... What 4. Which back seat?) Hey, what's the matter? Tk was rather high up... That's where they've hidden poor Calculus! We let ourselves be hood- winked like a couple of kids. Come on! ly Old Calculus has certainly led us a pretty dance around } the countryside! That aeroplane looks as if t's landing. Is there | an airfield near here? If that’s the case, we're saved, ae | ee path. When we get to the airfield we'll ask if there's a plane available What's all this? No airfield?... look! There, behind those trees! =There’s Calculus! They're putting | |{ By St.viadimir! There are Quick, Stanislas, climb aboard. And him aboard the plane. Quick Captain! those madmen again! Start up the engine, BoldofF; hurry! Too bad about the c abandon Faster! Faster |Great snakes! Pooe Captain! of fete minutes abr Listen Captain, we SJ | mustre waste tae Te was a Syldavlan aircraft: we'll go back t» Geneva and take the First lave For Syldavia, Thundering typhoows, you were right! The back seat is hollow. The pirates! That's where thoy hid im! While you buy the tickets I'l get some papers. Then Til put a call through to Marlinspike ..- Two seats For Kiow, sin? Cortainly. The plane leaves Prom Cointrin in two hours’ time. Incredible!...fantastic!... That's upset the applecart ! Exchanse]| You Carpathian Bashi-bazouks! That's the second time you've crossed my path. I hope for your sakes there won't be a third. You ing Tartar Ewisters, Understand ?... Juge remember, i've aot my eve on youEr... nothing... 4 slight mishap. But read this; it's incredible. ile fying over Bors | aggression by the Bor ft | durian territory. Des- | durian Air Force to- pite repeated warnings, | wards an unarmed BORDURO-SYLDAVIAN INCIDENT | 4 |) reat snakes! This alters everything. [ bet that's the Bordurian fighters force down plane Calculus was in. Now 2 Syldavian plane he's fallen into Borduriaw | » ] || Wands again . They never “VIOLATION sunprovoxen | i} |[ give up, do they? OF OUR TASCHIST give es Be Bey, AIR-SPACE” AGGRESSION* P| save szondn iow Prortsrs E) A Bordurian Ait | In un official note the i. | Ministry. communique | Syldavian’ Ministry of I} | renorts that i Sside- | Foreign.” AMairs has aircraft has been | protested vigorously | pled by fighters | against “unprovoked Yes...er... Can we by any chance. wait. Yale WeMah't need I'm sorry, sir, the Flight -. we may have |! ff Bi tickets | them! We're to Szobd is Fully booked. || || 4 last-minute k far Klow!) | going to Seonba, The last two seats have cancellation. cir Aisterdacia just been taken, However, Tn that case iP you would care to we can make arrangements want to goto Szohtd, you can bet your life, | But we took the last two seats. I wonder... y the whiskers of dirvi-Tasch! They Fowl wait were? Good. Tim just going to see if I {can get through to Madinspike: on Yes, Marlinspike 421. Thank you, ll hold Marlinspike 2 Hello, isthat you, Nestor? What noe Cutts the butcher speaking...What can Hello, operator, That was the wong umber. [ asked for A21,..Yes, 421. [do For you?...Hellot Hello 2 Hello, ‘= that 4217 Is that you, Nestor? This is Captain Haddock, 1... Who is that speaking +... Who?! Wagq... Jolyon Wagg.-. Proper lark entester at You old humbug, you didn't half give we a laugh with your heli- copter chase What am Tdoing here? IE turned out nice, 0.1 brought the wife for a little visit to your country seat,..Yes... Who! «» Nestor?... UII hand you over to him; e's got a good joke to tell you... Hi, Nestor, [ee your boss, ee What?... Hello...Ah, Nestor, how are you?...Yes wNo...Pechaps. . And what's your news ae Marlinspike 4I'm afraid it's the truth, sir. The Professor's laboratory has been stripped...Yes, the apparatus too, sir... Absolutely everything...Quite so, last ight. Yee, ir, tire police came this morning . Did they Find any clues? No, its me, Waag. Don't worry, old boy ; it's better than a slap in the eye witha wet Kipper as my Uncle Anatole used to say. Besides... Thundering typhoons! Shut up about your Uncle Anatole and put me back to Nestor, o I'lido something desperate! 4 Right away. ..You know, your insurance is ready, And you'll see, I've taken care of every. thing. You've got the Jot: theft, Fire, hail storms, air-disasters.. blistering bar nacles! I... hello! What's the yatter? Its Caleulus's labora tory at Marlinspike! Rifled! emptied! ran- sacked ! Those gang sters have taken all his apparatus... ‘And when [ think they're probably in league with those two Patagonian savages...Hello, they've weighed anchor . Excuse me, sin! Sir... Si fothey haves thayve gone. 's just telephoned : we have two vacant seats on the plane For Szohéd... but the coach leaves in Five minutes. Will that be. Thanks , well See take thems Bon voyage, gentle= mon. We're only too delighted to give you our’ seats... You're the last, sin, We're just of now, DEEN OHO).Well done Snowy! He's been tofetcn Caleulus's umbreiia, Grumbs! This doesn't belong to ] Gleulus. Snowy! Where] |IMI H in the world did Hey, | think you've lost your umbrella! jf ere it is B Hello, whats | On, its the bit that'on my ||| of sticking- nose > plaster. but you have m your hat. | Pardon me, 50 a1 Well, that's oF that !Here we go, on Billions of Just look at this confounded our way to biljous blue sticking - plaster ! How did it Szoliéd ...T only blistering get itself onto my cap? It's hhope we Find barnacles ! Black magic, 1 tell you! poor Calculus there. Hello? ... a : Hello?... Yes, ello, operator selene 8 aes What? Adelay? But it's FRRT... Hello, 1...Good. Try and SzohBd® Hello, 9s along. 1... FRRT.-Hellot Hello... FRRWT Yes, Haddock A +.-Hello, [ can'e ‘sort of sea-dog hear with a beard. CLACK... BIB No, beard ...GRR. He has a beard. AW... KU Ves bea youspeak up?!.. What @ Hello, airport police here... Amaih Kite Tasch, sir! The plane from Geneva ? just in...What?... What names? Hello! CRACK ...Yes, I've gat it... ERACK... PRR-RRT... By the whiskers of Kiirvi~Tasch, what a line! .. Captain Haddock and Tintin: O.K., O.K. LN warn the airport control at once... Amaih!That's a relief, { can tell you. [ thought they wight have had warning of our arrival TT [ SZTOPP! [ Captain, wait. You've You Captain Haddock? And got something. you Tinkin®...You come please Myotficer want balk with you, And tin, Ah, Captain, this isa great privilege for us, We in Borduria salute you, hero ef that glorious interplanetary Flight. maih! 2, to, Manhir Tin- ‘ain proud ro shake the hand which Pirst set Fook onthe Moon. [ ] salute you. Amaih! The ancient traditions of Bodurian hospitality de- mand that weensure your absolute comfort and safety. er. Szplug! What fs this? | As Lwas saying: your safety... Two interpreters will therefore accompany im during your stay here. Thy will take you wher= ever you may wish to go... and at what~ ever time. wish youa pleasant sta |] These gentlemen, Kronick and Klimsi, are entirely at your service... They will Eake you to the Hote! Sznrr, where rooms are booked for you,’ I (oa Thanks... very much. Platz. Your hotel (s just Ee round the corner. math! One moment, ploase.Welll s¢e about your rooms. Be careful! Those Ewo ostrogoths in Geneva certainly tipped of the police here, We must keep our eyes open.Did you see? That was Sig- Here are the keys, |} || This is yours, Manhir nora Biauca Castafiore, the We will eecort you Captain. | hope you Milanese wightingale.. She's fo your rooms will be comfortable, singing at the Szohéd Opera, TP you wish, we will go to hear her one evening: she is sub- lime as Marguerite, in "Faust" Yours is a little Further down: Here you are, Manhin Tintin, Wo will unfortunately there were no come and Fetch you for dinner, in an adjoining rooms. hour. Tf you need us before then, don't hesitate to ring : we're entirely at your service Thank you, gentlemen. Golly! The PR. | lap of luxury! eo, B 1G RR, ‘eter 1 I/T...er...0h yes. You're \| [[ What are you jab-]| | Crumbs! Howcanl ait if MG Pee meet I sreriaa be ems tee alle pone Bleue make hiv urder= = son | || First opportunity we'll butterflies you caught Lepidoptera stand that our tele ditch those two coleop-| tera! Thats agreed, isn't it? by the lake, inGeneva. |] || Lepidoptera to But those aren't you, too! 1... || phone. is bound co Hello?...Hello? |) ) te). tappedt coleoptera, Captain, they're lepidoptera. Ten thousand thunder. ing typhoons!...Now | Fim going to chuck you out of the window! Let’ talk about the simply won derful hospitality of this ex- quisite country. What good taste! What tact! And then their. . wm... their courtesy. And above all their. ..howshail { put it? their Friendliness. Friendliness which is entirely ...er ... friend- ly. Uw. Hellot... Yes... Yes... We were cut off, 1... er. Dont worry abou the butterflies, ey Captain... Keep on recording. This could be interestingChampagne?! Champagne For this gang? .. Well, good luck. Tilleave you to | sort things out together, But don't What...No, blistering barnacles! ‘t's that thundering bit of sticking plaster. (b's Following me about | Captain, I propose we crack }| 4 bottle of champagns in I honour of these gentlemen. Forget, we godoimm Eo diuner in an hour. Gentlemen, a toast to Borduria and her Oh, poor Captain LE must f glorious ruler, Marshal Kiirvi- Tasch! be your rheumatism. Well, there's nothing like diam- payne For curing that. Will you call the wine-waiter ? Tsay, they're havin pia matey ot table Seven, That's their fourth bottle! Hatha! Jno Fool!... You want to make us tight... To Find out where...hic...Pro- fessor Calculus is...Hic...But you won't learn a thing. We'll shut up like trams....No, like prams...like lambs...no, like clams. Don't let's worry about Calculus. Hell} (a k himself. ight! Hic,..Pon't lets worry. Any- +L don't know anything. Les Sponsz...hie...the Chief of “our Secret pol. hic.» he's the only one who knows...And Calculus. Good... good. Let's t silly old Caine! tes Hime tor ted Will you take us right up to our rooms? Hic... L.,.hics.. I'l stay in the cornidor. ‘ b Jel { W ie |If Thundering typhoons! He! ||_rouse the whole hotel Coumbs! Got Disgustingly drunk...That's why back, quick! | [telephoned the ZEP immediately. You did well. All the exits are guarded, Wait, Perhaps ye | if Blistering over here... } 3 barnacles! What'll we do?... Ah, T think T've got an idea.A broken light -bulb! But where can that have come from? Quick! The lights are still green! that will soon make H-bombs and bal-| \istic missiles as obsolete as pikes and muskets! ...The day is not far off, men, when this weapon will make the people of Borduria, and their glorious ruler Kiirvi-Tasch, masters of the world. 2. T? prove this to'you, [ i give your undivided attention fo Yes gentlemen, we of the High Command are assem- bled today to hear about aremarkable discovery. After protracted research, Bordurian scientists have De succeeded in perfecting ‘@ weapon Gentlemen, at our command, this city is doomed. In afew seconds it will be reduced to rubble. I have only to press this button .., }| [You see those proud buildings sway-] ing on their foundations; they are F Here, challenging the world with ite intic skyscrapers, (s a great rans Ab 49 JL lanticcity, which tis superfluous to name, »..and crumbling to dust. Awhole city is wiped From the face of the earth {Extraordinary! | We must keep calm, Amazing! Splendid! gentlemen! And above alll, we must be patient, The great city which you saw disintegrating before your eyes was, for the time being, no more than +.. this model of glass and china...Yes, { cansee tho bitter appointment on your faces: you are orry not to have witnessed the actual destruction of a real city ! Have Faith, gentlemen! Cae This miniature city wae destroyed froma distance by the machine yousee here, Tes an ultrasonic instrument. Upto now it fs only eFFective against glase and china... But in be able Bul but bricks, concrete, and steel! Colonel, air. You | our annie The designs for thie tremendous Selene air: You | ing power weapon already exist: that is Benen Ls all can tell you at the moment. the near Future we chall thou the enemies of 8 to destroy AT LONG duria will be stricken with RANGE Mot only glass and china, || terror before the might of E when our hour strikes place For us...No one could Hello, Colonel Spons. Speaking ...0h, it's you Laszlo s They've vanished | By the whiskers of W) Karvi-Tasch, it's | impossible! possibly taken py fi Opera ! You see, E g Si What: You lost track of them somewhere near the Opera’... Area surround 4 8...Go0d... Well, as soon as 've Finished here and check the security recautions. And while 'm about it) thisis the safest ess that we'd tage at the you're ina crowd there’ }] always lese chance of being noticed in!.,.Wake up, Captain! + Gp Is the interval. tain | 5i Sponsz, here!...And Calculus's ff fate depends on that mant Little does he kvow that he and his two henchmen passed within a yard oF us! S It's hopeless'... The exits are stifF with policemen, Lets try to slip out through the stage door. Te's the end of the inter~ val. Shall we push off 2... I think it’s botter to wait till the end of the show. Then we can leave with the crowd. ‘Aha, you litEle Flattorer, 60 you've come to congratulate we, with this... his Pisher- Er... Hoddack...e¢..Had~ dad...xcuse me, Haddock. room... Yes, yes. leave my admirers the passage.. on Marguerite gown For you.. along in You heard it?...Such a success, wasn't it? One of the greatest Eriumphs of my career...What applause,..especially for the Jewel Song... They were in ecstasies, weren't they, Mr. Paddock? Again? Ah, they won't leave me alone fora moment! «Oh well. Signora, it's Colonel Sponsz, the ChieF of Police. He wishes to pay his reThere... Show the (ol: Just a minute, Siguoral... The (olonel... Listen, Cl explain every thing later... bue at all costs he mustn't Find us here! Dio!... What shall we do? = Quick! Hide in my Irma, wait a woment!.. wardrobe, behind this € Lam deeply honoured, Ma‘aw C0... to Pind my= SelP in the presence of the celebrated singer wh T...Ohyes!...6¢.,.i€ belongs to the tenor who sings in “Madame Butterfly"... He Forgot ie yesterday. But da take of your coat, Glonel. Not at all, not at all. Gome, Colonel, make yourself useful... You ‘may open the bottle. But of ourse, Ma'am. Your wish i¢ my command. Take the Colonel's coat, please, Irimaa FS... clin, trmaa ¥ ws Blistering bar- acles! ‘My cap! Now Irma, bring the champagne ...1¢% anald habiE of mine, Colonel; champagne after each performiance. You'l tale 4 glass with met Oh! Excuce me, Colonel... 1... We were ordered to search Ene Opera House From top to bottom...For those two Foreigners...[i suppose you think | |[ Please excuce those mum- Your health, Ma‘am...Well, ite soul find Chem in here, skulls, Maiam.They're hunt- || |} this way: our secret Service have | you dunderheaded ing For two spies... nee’ to... bo el to Bor- | hitwits! Goon, get out! oe duria a foreign professor, origin - About turn, before U ex- Hidalgo then ator oF a sensational discovery. It fonel, T adore spy- plode! Dead: tan eae Concerns a secret. weapon. tis has been perfected, it will le Ree Barefaced liar jim oe Bist fio Z {| Vis, but the perfecting oF it depends Ha! ha! You dow't know how true that I hope s0, for his cake! Anyway, I upon the professor. And up till how is! But just now he's onthe earth have a signed order For his release He refuses to give us his detail Between ourselves, he'sin the fort in my coat pocket. Tomorrow he'll drawings, His reason: he doesn't want ress of Bakhine. And bythe whis- | || have to choose: either he gives up his invention used for warlike Kers of Kiirvi-Tasch, he'll stay Ehere | || his plans, or he'll never be heard oF again. - Lask you! oi he decides to give up the H acs Tiuietrateniorel lans! BIR Are supposing he docs givoup his ‘ ( * = lans, Colowel. What happens when Always wanting Ene moon' %, fen he will \ | eetions: “ahd tale ae Hatha! I've foreseen that. IF we set Oh, just part of my job, Ma'am... But the professor Free, it wll be in the I ain gossiping, and time pas ‘presence of two representatives of the IF Tsay dare to presume...My wife International Red Cross, He'll have to is giving a small party for some friends jAeclare in Front oF them that he came tonight... and it would give ws much fp Borduria of his ownfree will, to leasure iF you would agree to come, lifer uss plans... have pases for} |] Sustae youcte, and cine Fores Hse two representatives in my con, Buc oPabaree Irina zi Fow clover oF you, Colonel's coat please, and mine. Glonel!... Brilliant! J 2 7. Colonel Sponsz has sent }l [{ ..Better safe than sarry. irccuccnie crt’ | Wid teerciee turer. professor. Your papers look in Ehings all right. Will you trder b0 me, and Ehe order of {|| excuse me?... release... However...yet is th. help me... sus lwthat case, perhaps you can is secretary? Oh yes. Two representatives From the [nternational Red Cross... Their passes? Quite all eight, Major, Tmade them out myself. And the order For release? Yes, Major, that's quite all right too; the colonel signed it yestenlay morning, Yes, Amaih | Pecti Well, gentlemen, everything's per- in order. I'l send For Professor Calculus. Nothing at all, Colonel. i Not a sign of them. That's tiresome... Very tiresome. wonder where those two artful dodgers managed to hide... Noting else, besides that ? Kardouk? That old bore! And what did he want this IL is it not oficial ? He wanted to know if the order ou signed releasing Pro- Pessor Calculus was oF ficial By the whiskers of Kirvi- Tasch! When a document bears my signature, sit or You... you did say the order releasing Professor Calculus ? S «Professor Calcu... But sir, f,.. eS a eS WHAT... Their car's just gone? By | ail the hairg in the whiskers of Kirvi- | Tasch, if youdon's get | them back...L Ihave | you shot!{'ilEell you the whole story. The big- Yes, but don't start counting gest joke is that Colonel Sponsz. hi your chickens... [t's two hours Self provided the means of your. by car to the Frontier, and if cape!...Magnificent,eh? And lucki |] our little bluff is discovered it all happened at the Opera House: before we're across it only took a jiffy to eiudall Nes ifs me, Haddock! we needed for disguises! Quite there's Tintin, ing okt dfiviAa us to something eh? Wo, ccacaan Lf Quick, Captain. Un: hhood at the back | you've done tisat, I'l let go at the Front. What did f tell you? Motor bikes! Two! They're both down in the isles | fade ed Forte mo os went; but I'vea Feel- ing that wasonly the q_ First round... Now, Captain; we were talking about my umbrella... low right | was!... Look there, | [| We're skidding! atank blocking the road!...Jamon ft fh the brakes! me MEBy the whiskers of Kiirvi-Tasch, they came a cropper! TP they're underneath that lot, there’ much to be dou a . Poor old Calculus is Fearfully +. F haven't driven a tank groagy...[ say, Tintin, watch since our Moon trip. out! “You'll have us ih the 5 ditch again! {Tm doing my best, but... Trying Eo stop us with that kind of ramshackle They\e erection! taken a tank!! Blow them ups. ExterminateI always told you yan) thismake of gus Hooray! He's coming round at last. Cuth- My umbrella! Have you got my umbretia® | | Blistering bar- wnacles, your uwn- brella! This is a A Fine timeto worry about an umbrella! can't have lost it Nonsense Captain! I'm talking about my wn- brella. Surely you I All right, have {lost your broily.. That's good. Iwas hoping you hadn't lost it... You see, L hid my drawing lf Boring 2 OF course it’s not boring |] I'm talking about the detail y drawings of my Ultrasonic i I] strument, on microfilas. { hid thom in the handle of my um < bralla.... $0 you sce, if you'd ! 1... What are all those things in the road 2 Too late! We can'e stop in tine! We'll blow up! HELP! HELP! ... HELP! By the whiskers of KOrvi-Tasch! Who unloaded all that dud stuff on we?....{t's sabotage! Mines?.... What are you jabbering about? We would have blown up. And talking oF blowing up, [hope these things aren'e dangercus, Theres acase H under my seat. They're thunderFlashes.. used on exercises, Whe You light them, they ex- plode witha terrific bang... The Frontier! Weve| coming to the Frontier! =Only one weak spor: the customs hhouse itself! Here we go! The other Frontier post, Noth- ing can happen tous now, They must berefugees From the Kiirvi-Tasch regime... Foor devils ! They'tI be blown || to bits Blistering typhoons!...{.. 1 Forgot all about them... those thundering thunder- things. An umbrella, you say? Er. what sort of umbrella ? Lost Oren And now watch carefully. T grasp the handle... unscrew it...There “And hey-presto, what do we set... Myumbrella! YP) My own litth umbrella! Ae last [ve Found fo ‘you ! jBut I'm quite certain that 1, Ah, what a relief to be T can't believe it! home agai You believe what you like, but I've had all I caw take ! O.K. You've been rescued; but your plans can look after themselves. I want €0 gohome veto a little peace «and quiet phoons! whats || p big man with a beard breaking my toys! Thundering ty- VERS DADDY!... DADDY!... There's a great going on here 7 It turned out mice...S0 1 said: “Solyon’ I said, ‘dow you waste the end of your holiday" And your little place was vacant, so J popped in fora Few days Look who's here! The ancient marin H |{ Billions of blue blistering barnacles! Waga! er himself! You dropped in just right, ‘ d'you think you're playing at ? | you old rascal: we were talking about you late, Wail lk furved out nice But don't let us disturb you, old boy; make yourself at home It's Calculus; hewent straight up to hisAnd the cream of Ele joke Is, without these plans the Bor- durians can't do athing! They're Fin: ished! Good old Cuthbert !... Well, mow you'll be Lappy. T presume that without the plans the Bordurians really are in the soup? them on my bed- side table! fmag- J] ine me being so absent-minded! | No, no! On the bedside table. Only it's not just the Bordur- (ans. It's everyone who wants touse my invention for war- like ends. And [ shall never allow that. There's oly one thing todo: destroy them all. Billions of bilious blue blister- ing barnacles | Oh! Tin sosorry) didn't know... T thought... We mustn't dilly dally: the sacrifice must be made. Ten thousand thundering typhoons! My nerves wor't stand much wore of you, Evory time I settle down, sp pope trouble Flaming jack-in-a-box! jicken-pox 72... Ab your age?... Goodness! Z You ‘ tious, chicken} pox is!!! Tsay, old chum, l've «but I'm very worried about feuen’ post just Chought of gewma- the Captain: he has chicken- pox ! hie foe thing...all that clutter Better go in your laboratory... and live in is it insured? A hen-copt Oh, Um very well on , Chicken- pox! thank you... Hal ha! hal