the white witch Amanda. Ditworth is afraid to do this, and has to face Old Nick's sentence for being defeated by white magic. He is imprisoned for "a thousand thousand years", a fairly light sentence, which is enough to stop his scheming on Earth. Old Nick announces that the FBI man has to stay behind for his special attention, but after a challenge from Amanda, who seems capable of taking on him and all his legions, he thinks better of it. They all return to the house. The FBI man tells them he was working Ditworth's scams from another angle and had become trapped in the Half World. As they emerge from the fireplace, Bodie recognizes him as an old friend. The FBI man, now in human form with a snappy suit and fedora hat, bids them a quick goodbye as he leaves to report back to the Bureau. Archie, overpowered by Amanda's beauty, hangs around her like a lovesick puppy, but she is firmly unreceptive. She sets him down for a nap to recover from his ordeal, and when he awakes, she is Mrs. Jennings again. Archie's business recovers, as all Ditworth's schemes fall apart. Reception Kirkus Reviews considered it to be "highly imaginative", while Rain Taxi calls it a "breakthrough". See also Operation Chaos/Operation Luna - a similar fantasy world by Poul Anderson The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump - a similar fantasy world by Harry Turtledove References External links Short stories by Robert A. Heinlein 1942 short stories Fantasy short stories Works originally published in Unknown (magazine) Doubleday (publisher) books