y toward a
ladder.

"Drat Terra and everything and everybody on it," Temple said,
vigorously. "And especially drat His Royal Fatness Five-Jet Admiral
Gordon. How much longer will it take, do you think, to pound some sense
into their pointed little heads?"

"Oh, we're not doing too bad," Hilton assured his lovely bride. "Two or
three more sessions ought to do it."

Everything was normal....

END

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Transcriber's Note

This etext was produced from _Worlds of If_ November 1961 and January
1962. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.
copyright on these publications was renewed.

The chapter headers of the second instalment, originally starting from
X, have been correctly numbered. Minor spelling and typographical errors
have been corrected without note.

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