THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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shaved. So had Jacquemont, though he had contented himself with trimming
his beard. It took him a second or so to recognize the young lady in
feminine garb as his erstwhile battle comrade, Sylvie.

"Well, our pay goes on from the day we were captured," Nichols was
saying. "My instructions are to resume command of the ship. Tomorrow,
they're sending a party out to go over her."

Conn stopped short. "What's this about the ship?"

"Captain Nichols was in screen contact with his company's office in
Storisende," Rodney Maxwell said. "They're continuing him in command of
her."

"But ... but we took that ship! We lost three gunboats and about
twenty-five men...."