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Bell was not in the mood for patience that day тАЬMajor, IтАЩve asked you a simple
question and I request from you a just as simple answer. SoтАжтАЭ
тАЬSir, I am only able to pass on rumours.тАЭ
тАЬDammitall, then, pass them on!тАЭ Bell shouted at him.
On the ice planet, Pluto, some hundred million kilometres away from the Earth,
the garrison chief withered under the blast from his superior and then
automatically snapped to attention. тАЬSir,тАЭ he declared, тАЬin my garrison thereтАЩs a
rumour going around to the effect that the Administrator, against the advice of all
doctors, assigned his wife the mission of flying to Arkon 3 for the purpose of
purchasing 100 spacespheresтАжтАЭ
тАЬWhat?тАЭ Bell screamed, face a brilliant red. тАЬWhatтАЩs the Chief supposed to
have done?тАЭ
тАЬSir,тАЭ replied the major, тАЬyou asked to hear rumours and you have just heard a
rumour.тАЭ
Bell drummed his fingers on the counter top for a few moments. Then he
glanced to the side. Three steps away, Rhodan stood in front of the window.
Rhodan showed no reaction.
He seemed to he paralysed.
He did not even react to BellтАЩs questioning look.
Bell drummed his fingers for a few more moments, then spoke into the
microphone. тАЬThanks, major. Over & out!тАЭ With that he broke off the connection.
тАЬPerryтАжтАЭ
Rhodan did not stir.
тАЬDamn!тАЭ cursed the heavyset man. тАЬHas the whole Sol System gone to hell? I
wish IтАЩd never gotten mixed up in politics! Against the advice of all doctorsтАж If I
ever get my hands on the rat who started that filthy rumourтАжтАЭ The rest of what he
said was lost in a fit of profane rage for Reginald Bell could not understand how
such a rumour could have come to be.

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 At the same moment, aboard the cylindrical spacer Cokaz 322, Thomas Cardif
listened as the patriarch Cokaze announced his arrival for 0330 Venus local time
the next day.
Tsathor, distantly related to the clan chieftain but strongly resembling him,
sized up Thomas Cardif with interest.
He could not make up his mind about the young man who still wore the
uniform of a lieutenant in the Solar Spacefleet. It was not the firstime he had ever
sat across from a traitor but he had never before encountered a traitor who struck
him like this Thomas Cardif.
The destroyer lay in Hangar 8 of the Cokaz 322. An hour before it had been
transferred under cover of darkness from the Cokaz 505.
тАЬYou can keep the destroyer if you like,тАЭ Thomas Cardif had boredly declared.
тАЬI wonтАЩt he needing it anymore.тАЭ
Tsathor had nodded in agreement, not allowing his joy over it to show. тАЬCardif,
you donтАЩt need to prove your identity. You look like the young Perry RhodanтАжтАЭ
тАЬIтАЩm an Arkonide, Tsathor!тАЭ the lieutenant interrupted sharply. His voice was
ice cold but his reddish shining eyes, the legacy of his mother, betrayed much of
his internal excitement.
тАЬAs an Arkonide you will not be able to speak in the name the Terrans,тАЭ
Tsathor told him. тАЬOr did I misunderstand you before?тАЭ