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The square-built, thick-set, and red-haired man paced Perry RhodanтАЩs
workroom excitedly, waving a bulky newspaper called The New World Press.
With his left hand he tapped the article that completely filled the newspaperтАЩs
first page. тАЬThis is scandalous!тАЭ he exclaimed. тАЬItтАЩs just terrible! Words fail me!тАЭ
тАЬSo far youтАЩve been expressing yourself rather eloquently about the lead article
in The New World Press,тАЭ Rhodan answered gently. тАЬWhy donтАЩt you skip over the
article and go on to the agenda for today?тАЭ
тАЬBecause I canтАЩt, Perry. Nobody can go against their own nature. Self-control is
one thing but thereтАЩs a limit to everything. And this cheap tabloid hasтАФтАЭ
тАЬThe New World Press is recognized as the solar systemтАЩs best newspaper,тАЭ
Rhodan told him.
Bell looked at him sharply. тАЬWhat do you mean by being so calm and cool
when IтАЩm not?тАЭ
тАЬSo youтАЩve finally noticed, Reggie?тАЭ Rhodan asked with a slightly ironic
undertone. тАЬItтАЩs taken you awhile but now we can concern ourselves further with
the lead article.тАЭ
тАЬWhat? You want me to read this crummy, lying piece of trash over and get
myself all worked up again?тАЭ
тАЬIf thatтАЩs what happens, Reggie, then itтАЩll only confirm my suspicion that
youтАЩre about ready for a vacationтАжтАЭ
Bell gasped for breath. Slowly he sat down in the chair next to Rhodan. Even
more slowly he overcame the shock his friend had given him. тАЬMeтАж ready for a
vacation? MeтАж nowтАж in this bad year when nothingтАЩs gone right for us and
everything has been a 100% failure? Perry, surely you werenтАЩt serious when you
said that?тАЭ
The last question sounded a little helpless. Bell ran both hands through the
bristles of his red hair.
тАЬBut I wasтАЭ Rhodan responded tersely. тАЬI wasnтАЩt joking at all, Reggie. I donтАЩt
have any reason to be joking. Look hereтАжтАЭ He indicated the lead article in the
New World Press. тАЬOf course youтАЩre aware of what will result from this? Not just
one paper is attacking us, all of them are! TheyтАЩre accusing us of incompetence,
treason andтАж of using our positions in our own self-interest. YouтАЩve certainly
read each of the charges against us detailed in the article. Are you able to prove to
the man who wrote the article, Mr. Nicktown, that he was wrong?тАЭ
 At that moment Reginald Bell leaped up. His face was dangerously red. He
banged his fist on RhodanтАЩs desk, roaring, тАЬWhy, that yellow journalistтАФ!тАЭ
тАЬReggie,тАЭ Rhodan interrupted sternly, тАЬdonтАЩt call Nicktown a yellow journalist.
His article is very responsibly written. The man is right! HeтАЩs right because he
sees the situation the way we have described it to him and all the others. WeтАЩre the
guilty ones, Reggie! No one but ourselvesтАжтАЭ
The thickset man had taken his seat again. He was not pleased with what Perry
had said to him. тАЬWhat? YouтАЩre saying NicktownтАЩs right? Does that mean youтАЩre
also saying weтАЩre incapable of leading the Solar Imperium?тАЭ
Rhodan suddenly became angry, for he could see that Bell was being
intentionally thick-headed. тАЬWhatтАЩs wrong with you today? Did this article scare
you?тАЭ
тАЬScare isnтАЩt the right word, Perry. I canтАЩt shake the awful feeling that thereтАЩs a