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That was what it was; he was still under treatment. But that seemed so long ago; so many things he must have dreamed them seemed to have happened. Then he remembered, and struggled futilely to rise. "Elaine!" he called. "Elaine, where are you?" There was a stir and somebody came into his limited view; his cousin, Nikkolay Trask. "Nikkolay; Andray Dunnan," he said. "What happened to Elaine?"
"Are we goin' to hang around and take chances just to pick up the old un?" "We can't leave Dinshaw," said Trask. "We've got to get him before we think of leaving." "You can suit yerself," said Jarrow. "I'm for gittin' out. They won't hurt him. Soon's we're gone, they'll all make over for the mainland. They've got some canned meat and hard bread. They took a lot of stuff with 'em last night."
Marge, I'll bet forty dollars you knew that Dagupan train wouldn't catch the Taming!" "Don't be absurd, Dad. We're so glad to meet you again, Mr. Trask. We were stupid about the train, but " "You'll have to excuse me," said her father, "I hear the bath going. Wilkins! Feed us tiffin till we're blue in the face," and he disappeared into the sala.
Trask turned to see the steward waving his hands at the rail, and ran toward him in rage, telling him to be still. "Don' you lay han's on me!" yelled Doc, backing away to where Shanghai Tom stood. Behind the pair was Marjorie. "So you're in with 'em, eh?" sneered Trask. "I'm in fo' mahse'f!" declared Doc, lowering his head and regarding Trask from under his brows. He put his hand in his pocket.
"What's going on?" he demanded, seeing that Jarrow and Trask were serious-faced, each waiting for the other to speak. He looked about the decks questioningly. "The devil to pay," said Jarrow. "Crew's gone," said Trask. "Crew! Gone! Where?" "Jumped the ship in the night with the dinghy," said Jarrow. "Say, what's the joke?" inquired Locke, blankly. "You two look as though there was to be a hanging.
They would go in bunched, the pinnaces ahead; they and the Space Scourge would go down to the ground, while the better-armed Nemesis would hover above to fight off local contragravity, shoot down missiles, and generally provide overhead cover. Trask transferred to the Space Scourge, taking with him Morland and two hundred of the Nemesis ground-fighters.
But they appeared ominously furtive. And Trask knew that if there was anything sinister behind their skulking, Peth must have a hand in whatever was going on. The lamp must be disposed of in a manner not to attract the attention of either the crew or those aft. He first thought of calling softly to Doc Bird and asking him to put out the light.
Trask had no worries for himself. The pursuit of gold in untrammelled parts of the world was his business, and at times danger was but the thrill which went with the game. He knew that if he were the only passenger in the schooner he would very likely be in his bunk asleep instead of hunting trouble. But he felt a responsibility.
Then Jarrow followed suit. Locke, Trask, and Marjorie remained for an hour's chat in the darkness after which Trask was left to himself to finish his cigar. "Good luck, Mr. Trask," Marjorie had whispered, as she went down the companion, and he touched her hand playfully.
When the Stolgonian embassy was seized by the Space Vikings, the ambassador asked to be taken at once to their leader. He had a proposition: If the Space Vikings would completely disable the army of Eglonsby and admit Stolgonian troops when they were ready to leave, the invaders would bring with them ten thousand kilos of gold. Trask affected to be very hospitable to the offer.
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