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Maybe it was only like this with Dorabella But if so, he was glad he had waited, so he could marry the one in a million who could make a man truly happy

For he was besotted He knew the ht their smirks whenever he came back from a rendezvous with Dorabella for an hour or two in the hs! It was all about envy

"Sir?" asked Wiggin

"Oh, yes," said Morgan It had happened again--in theabout Dorabella "I have a lot on h here Just be in the shuttle at 0800--that's e're closing the doors, everything loaded by the daatch The descent will take several hours, the shuttle pilot tells et to bed early tonight so you're well rested And it's better to enter the atmosphere on an empty stomach, if you knohat I mean"

"Yes sir," said Wiggin

"Disan

Wiggin saluted and left Morgan alhed out loud The kid didn'

t realize that even on Morgan's ship, Wiggin's seniority as a rear adht to leave when he felt like it instead of being disood to keep the boy in his place Just because he had the office of adan actually earned his didn't norant teenager

Wiggin was in his place before Morgan got there, dressed in civilian clothes instead of ood, since it would not be helpful for people to see that they had identical dress unifornias, while Ender had in and went to his own seat, in the front of the shuttle with a communications array at his disposal

At first the shuttle flight was normal space travel--smooth, perfectly controlled But as they orbited the planet and then dipped down into their point of entry, the shuttle re oriented itself to have the shieldand yawing and rolling began As the pilot told hi If we start to pitch, then we've got problems"

Morgan found himself quite nauseated by the tiht at ten thousand in--the boy practically flew back to the head, where he was no doubt retching his poor head off Unless the kid had forgotten not to eat and really had so to puke up

The landing went sin hadn't returned to his seat--he took the landing in the head And when the in was still inside

Morgan went to the door of the head hiin," he said, "it's time"

"Just a few in His voice sounded weak and shaky "Really Looking at the skimmers will keep them busy for a few minutes, and then they'll meet us with a cheer"

It hadn't crossed Morgan's mind to send the skiht If the people had already seen soy, it would make them all the more enthusiastic when he cain," said Morgan "When it's tio out, I hope you're ready to join me"