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"That's best," said Maria

"Braht," said Bodoni

With his breakfast curdled within hi ots His equipe of poverty for twenty years It was a very bad

In the afternoon a man entered the junk yard and called up to Bodoni on his wrecking ot some metal for you!"

"What is it, Mr Mathews?" asked Bodoni, listlessly

"A rocket ship What's wrong? Don't you want it?"

"Yes, yes!" He seized the man's arm, and stopped, bewildered

"Of course," said Mathews, "it's only a mockup You know When they plan a rocket they build a full-scale hther down Let you have her for two thousand----"

Bodoni dropped his hand "I haven't the money"

"Sorry Thought I'd help you Last tiht I'd slip this to you on the qt Well--"

"I need new equipment I saved money for that"

"I understand"

"If I bought your rocket, I wouldn't even be able to melt it down My aluminum furnace broke down last week----"

"Sure"

"I couldn't possibly use the rocket if I bought it from you"