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Pamg, Godoland, Sarkovy, July 12 As if Claris Adam
were to he destroyed

Alus/ Iphigenia glanced over her shoulder Gersen was reading the
newspaper in complete absorption She swung around in outrage.
Here was sang-froid indeed While she wrestled with doubts and
conflicts, Gersen read a newspaper an act of conspicuous msensi-
tivity'

Gersen looked up, smiled. His mood had changed. He had
comeah\e Alusz Iphigenia's fury ebbed Gersen was a man beyond
her understanding, whether he were vastly more subtle than she or
vastly more elemental, she would never know

Gersen had risen to his feet "We're going on a trip Across
space, toward Ophmchus Are vou ready3"

"Ready2 You mean now2"

"Yes Now W^hynot^

"No reason Yes, I'm ready In two hours "

"I'll call the spaceport "

The Distis Spaceship Corporation produced nineteen models,
ranging from a version of the 9B to the splendid Distis Imperatrix,
with a black and gold hull. With funds derived from his epic looting
of Interchange* Gersen had purchased a Pharaon, a spacious craft
equipped with such niceties as an automatic atmospheric control
which during the course of a voyage gradually altered air pressure
and composition to match that of the destination.

Rigel and the Concourse receded. Ahead lay star-spangled dark-
ness. Alusz Iphigenia studied the Star Directory with a puzzled
frown. "Ophiuchus isn't a star. It's a sector. Where are we going?"

"The sun is Phi Ophiuchi," said Gersen, and after a barely
perceptible pause, "the planet is Sarkovy."

"Sarkovy?" Alusz Iphigenia looked up quickly. "Isn't that where
the poisons come from?"

Gersen gave a curt nod. "The Sarkoy are poisoners, no doubt
about it."

Alusz Iphigenia looked dubiously out the forward port. Ger-
sen's haste to leave Alphanor had puzzled her. She had credited a
sudden determination to alter his way of life; now she was not so