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"I like you almost as much as I like Murgatroyd! Yes! Korvan will never know, and he'll be a great man." Then she added defensively, "And not just from these books! He'll make his own wonderful discoveries." "Of which," said Calhoun, "the most remarkable is you. Good luck Maril!" Presently the Med Ship lifted. Calhoun aimed it for the next planet on the list of those he was to visit.

They shouldn't accept hostility from those about them as a device of fate for their destruction. Maril said quickly to Calhoun, "You understand? Dara's a heavy-metals planet. There aren't many light elements in our soil. Potassium is scarce. So our ground isn't very fertile. Before the Plague we traded metals and manufactured products for imports of food and potash.

Our friends on the floor ought to begin to come to shortly. And I'm going to find out now whether I'm a hero or in sure-enough trouble!" Maril said drearily, "I don't know what you've done, except " Calhoun blinked at her, in the act of hauling the vacuum suit up his chest and over his shoulders. "Isn't it self-evident?" he demanded. "I've been giving astrogation lessons to these characters.

But they should be known...." Maril said wrily; "I can guess what you mean. I never went into detail about how the blueskin markings disappeared, but a few hints You've got books for me?" Calhoun nodded. He brought them to her. "If we only fell in love with each other, Maril, we'd be a team! Too bad! These are a wedding present you'll do well to hide." She put her hands in his.

"What are you driving at?" Maril continued slowly. "Th thousands of people are having their pigment-spots fade away. Not only children but grownups. And Korvan has found out that it always seems to happen after a day when they felt feverish and very thirsty and then felt all right again. You tried out something that made you feverish and thirsty. I had it too, in the ship.

Then she added defensively, "But I don't think he'll only discover things from hints I drop him. He'll make wonderful discoveries." "Of which," said Calhoun, "the most remarkable is you. Good luck, Maril!" She went away smiling. But she wiped her eyes when she was out of the ship. Presently the Med Ship lifted. Calhoun aimed it for the next planet on the list of those he was to visit.

"But I had to!" protested Maril. "Because I I've been eating all I wanted to, on Weald and in the ship, and I'm ashamed because they're half-starved and I'm not. And when you see what hunger does to them ... It's terrible to be half-starved and not able to think of anything but food!" "I hope," said Calhoun, "to do something about that. If I can get hold of an astrogator or two."

So it's extremely unlikely that we were spotted. Our friends on the floor ought to begin to come to shortly. And I'm going to find out now whether I'm a hero or in sure-enough trouble!" Maril said drearily; "I don't know what you've done, except " Calhoun blinked at her, in the act of hauling the vacuum suit over his shoulders. "Isn't it self-evident?" he demanded.

He poured coffee for the two of them. As usual, Murgatroyd swung down to the floor and said impatiently; "Chee! Chee! Chee!" Calhoun absently filled Murgatroyd's tiny cup and handed it to him. "But this is marvellous!" he said exuberantly. "The blue patches appeared after the plague, didn't they? After people recovered when they recovered?" Maril stared at him.

The four young blueskins still slept, still bound hand and foot upon the control room floor. Murgatroyd regarded them, and Maril, and Calhoun in turn, and his small and furry forehead wrinkled helplessly. "They can't have landed what I'm looking for!" protested Calhoun as his search had no result. "They can't! It would be too sensible for them to have done it!"