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Accordion, harmonica, wine, shout, dance, wail, roundabout, dash of pan, laughter

Biggs weaved to the rim of the Martian canal He carried six empty bottles and dropped them one by one into the deep blue canal waters Theysounds as they sank

"I christen thee, I christen thee, I christen thee--" said Biggs thickly "I christen thee Biggs, Biggs, Biggs Canal--"

Spender was on his feet, over the fire, and alongside Biggs before anyone gs toppled and fell down into the canal water After the splash Spender waited silently for Biggs to climb back up onto the stone bank By that ti Spender

"Hey, what's eating you, Spender? Hey?" they asked

Biggs cli Spender "Well," he said, and started forward

"That's enough," snapped Captain Wilder The lanced at the captain

"All right, Biggs, get some dry clothes You men, carry on your party! Spender, come with me!"

The men took up the party Wilder moved off some distance and confronted Spender "Suppose you explain what just happened," he said

Spender looked at the canal "I don't knoas ashas and us and the noise Christ, what a spectacle"

"It's been a long trip They've got to have their fling"

"Where's their respect, sir? Where's their sense of the right thing?"

"You're tired, and you've a different way of seeing things, Spender That's a fifty-dollar fine for you"

"Yes, sir It was just the idea of The us make fools of ourselves"

"Them?"