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contritely. "I wish I hadn't suggested that you stay there, now."

"Oh, it isn't so bad, so far. Your mother and I get along all right when
Flora isn't there, and Flora and I get along when your mother isn't
around. Mealtimes aren't much fun, though."

His father came out from Storisende, looked the ship over, and seemed
relieved.

"I'm glad you're ready to get off," he said. "You know this hyperspace
freighter, the /Andromeda/? Some private group in Storisende has
chartered her. She's loading supplies now. I have a private detective
agency, Barton-Massarra, trying to find out where's she's going. I think
you'd better get this ship off, right away."

"We have everything aboard, all the supplies and everything," Jacquemont
told him. "We can lift off tonight."