The General had had a bad night and so, out of apprehension, had the colonel. They faced each other now-each at a loss.
    The General said, "Tell me again what this woman did."
    Linn seemed to have a heavy weight on his shoulders. "She's The Tiger Woman. That's what they call her. She doesn't seem to be quite human, somehow. She's some sort of impossibly trained athlete, full of self-confidence, and, General, she's quite frightening."
    "Did she frighten you? A single woman?"
    "Let me tell you exactly what she did and let me tell you a few other things about her. I don't know how true all the stories about her are, but what happened yesterday evening is true enough."
    He told the story again and the General listened, puffing out his cheeks.
    "Bad," he said. "What do we do?"
    "I think our course is plain before us. We want psychohistory-'
    "Yes, we do," said the General. "Seldon told me something about taxation that- But never mind. That is beside the point at the moment. Go on."
    Linn, who, in his troubled state of mind, had allowed a small fragment of impatience to show on his face, continued, "As I say, we want psychohistory without Seldon. He is, in any case, a used-up man. The more I study him, the more I see an elderl............