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The sound of their footsteps was raveyard, as they turned in, twoout the earth

They returned to the rocket in the late afternoon

Willia to do about them?"

"I don't know," said the captain

"Are you going to turn them off?"

"Off?" The captain looked faintly surprised "It never entered my mind"

"You're not taking them back with us?"

"No, it would be useless"

"Youto leave them here, like that, as they are!"

The captain handed Willia about this, yo

u're a better man than I"

Five"Here, take your gun I understand what you hters smiled at me So did the others, The wife offered me a cup of tea Lord, it'd be murder!"

Wilder nodded "There'll never be anything as fine as theain They're built to last; ten, fifty, two hundred years Yes, they've as ht to--to life as you or I or any of us" He knocked out his pipe "Well, get aboard We're taking off This city's done for, we'll not be using it"

It was late in the day A cold as rising The men were aboard The captain hesitated Williaood-by---to them?"

The captain looked at Williamson coldly "None of your business"