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He decided, then, to send the Irma back to Odin with reports of the annexation of Aditya, a proposal that Aditya-Alif be made a permanent Imperial naval-base, and a request for more troops. Prince Trevannion taped up his own reports, describing the general situation on the newly annexed planet, and doing nothing to minimize the problems facing its Proconsul.
I wish these people had never heard of this planet." "That makes at least two of us," Patrique Morvill said, sotto voce. "Well, the planetary constitution can wait just a bit," Prince Trevannion suggested. "We have a great many items on the agenda which must be taken care of immediately. For instance, there's this thing about finding a proconsular palace...."
The latter affairs pained Prince Trevannion excessively hours on end of gorging uninspired cooking and guzzling too-sweet wine and watching ex-slave performers whose acts were either brutal or obscene and frequently both, and, more unforgivable, stupidly so. The Masterly conversation was simply stupid.
I've never known him play this trick before." "And I've been here ten minutes," was the answer. "The man has either gone away or gone to sleep. Hadn't we better get across some other way? There is a boat a few yards down. We might borrow it and scull ourselves across, that is, if you think " "Good idea!" exclaimed Trevannion. Then he hesitated.
"Lords and Gentlemen, we cannot resist anything like this," he said. "We cannot even resist the force they have here; that was tried yesterday, and you all saw what happened. Now, Prince Trevannion; just to what extent will the Mastership retain its sovereignty under the Empire?" "To practically the same extent as at present.
Trevannion was in high good-humour; for had not their joint efforts, as he liked to call Garstin's useful suggestions, proved successful in ousting the river finally from Section D? and was not that troublesome part of the wharf ready for good concrete as soon as it could be made? He had to record this gratifying intelligence for the Committee's benefit, and he did it with a relish.
For an instant only, and then Garstin was pushed on to the firm bank again and hurried towards the office. Trevannion talked jerkily as soon as they were out of earshot of the gang. "Sudden attack of funk rather a bogie place on a slippery day might happen to anybody get used to it dance a jig on top of the king pile one day, and wonder how you could ever have been such a "
A few days later Trevannion reported progress to his wife anent the new assistant, whom for some strange reason he had grown positively to like. "Wonderfully brainy chap, Garstin. He has helped me no end with Section D you know, where we have had all the trouble. With luck we shall have it finished in a week or two. At the same time" with conviction "he will never make a practical engineer.
Jurgen, Prince Trevannion, had no intention whatever of attempting to answer the sixtifor. "My dear Lord Javasan, that is the problem of the Adityan Mastership. They are your slaves; we have neither the intention nor the right to free them.
No, he had experienced no personal sensation of nervousness, when preparing to descend into the section. Whereupon Trevannion thought deeply. "I owe my life to your pluck, and I was a fool to faint at the critical moment," was all he said. But, as has been remarked, his thoughts were many and profound. Nor was he ever again heard to reflect on Garstin's "want of nerve."
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