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Captain Follenbee of the Triple G was a hardheaded ht of hiovern, they were profitable The Confederacy didn&039;t haggle It meant a complete overhaul of his ship each time, replaceood business Daood business

This run, of course, was a little different

It wasn&039;t so ers he had taken aboard (He had expected temperament, tantruheads were much like normal people) It wasn&039;t that half his ship had been torn down and rebuilt into what the contract called a "universal central-access laboratory"

Actually, and he hated the thought, it was "Junior" -the planet that lay ahead of them

The crew didn&039;t know, of course, but he, hi to find the -

At the moment, he told himself, it was this Mark Annuncio, if that was the naainst the pale, round face was ruddy with annoyance

Insolence!

A boy of notthe passengers, to make a request like that

What was behind it? That at least ought to be straightened out

In his present hten it out by means of a jacket collar twisted in a fist and a rattle of teeth, but better not-better not-

After all, this was a curious kind of flight for the Confederacy of Worlds to sponsor, and a twenty-year-old, overcurious rubberneck eness What was he on board for? There was this Dr Sheffield, for instance, who seemed to have no job but to play nursemaid for the boy Noas that? Who was this Annuncio?

He had been space-sick for the entire trip, or was that just a device to keep to his cabin-

There was a light buzzing as the door signal sounded

It would be the boy

Easy now, thought the Captain Easy now