this confusion , so unlike the vacuity which had afflicted the others who had attended the second gala magic show , caused ev hillman , who had been the only person there whose mentis was really compos ( he was , in fact , the only person in haven these days whose mentis was really compos c jim gardener was also relatively unaffected by the ship in the earth , but by the 17th , gardener had begun drinking heavily again ) , to do something he regretted bitterly later .