hy he was
there, what he had meant to do. He saw Ann Howard coming toward him.

"Did you notice the lurch in the ship, Mr. Lord?" she asked.

"Yes, I suppose I did." Was that why he had left his cabin?

"I thought we were having trouble with the time-power calibration, but I
checked with Don and he says everything's all right." She glanced through
the open door of his cabin at the electronic pattern on the scanning
screen. "Well, we'll be home in another twenty hours, Mr. Lord. It's a pity
we didn't contact any new planets on this mission. It would have been a
good experience for you."

"Yes, I rather hoped so, too."

He went back to his desk. Strange, he couldn't remember what it was he had
wanted to do. He shrugged his shoulders and laughed a little to himself. It
definitely wouldn't do--not at all--for a Lord to have lapses of memory.

THE END

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

This etext was produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1960.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on
this publication was renewed.

The following corrections have been applied to the text:

Page 9: money has no meaning to these people and, if Don intends to stay
here, it won't mean much to him,{superfluous quotation mark removed}
either."

Page 9: "I'm sure you can get help from this--" her{original had Her} lip
curled{original had a period here} "--this native girl of yours. What's her
name?"

Page 13: Lord answered,{original omitted this comma} "We landed in order
to repair our ship, but I hope we can make a trade treaty with your
government."

Page 16: "How?{superfluous quotation mark removed} A law is a statement of
a truth in human relationship;

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