Samsey And Naysmith

"Un-Man," VIII.

Colonel Samsey, ordered out of bed with his hands on his head by an intruder, feels:

"...the night wind cold on his naked body..." (p. 58)

- and:

"His close-cropped scalp...stubbly under his palms." (ibid.)

Thus, this is Samsey's pov. However, when he asks the intruder how he got in:

"Naysmith didn't feel it necessary to explain the process." (p. 59)

Thus, the pov has switched to the intruder, who turns out to be Naysmith. Although he does not explain the process, his inner thoughts tell us what it was:

"He had walked over from the old highway on which he had landed his jet and used vacuum shoes and gloves to climb the sheer face of Denver Unit." (p. 59)

By now, we know why highways are "old" and what a "Unit" is and have become familiar with vehicles called "boats" that fly with jets.

We, the readers, know that Colonel Samsey of the American Guard was one of the group that had apprehended Naysmith's fellow Un-man, Donner. Now we learn that the Guard, a self-styled patriotic Society, is in fact a uniformed private army for the anti-UN Americanist Party. We also learn that convicted criminals go not to prison but "'...to the Antarctic mines...'" (p. 59) The UN has hard enemies and fights back hard.