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couple of weeks ago. Flora simply will not speak to me, and your mother
begged me, in tears, to quit everything we're doing here. I tried to
give her some idea of what would happen if I dropped this, even
supposing I could; she wouldn't listen to me." He finished putting
the[Pg 129] studs in his shirt. "You still think this is worth what it's
costing us?"

"You saw the views we sent back. There's work on Koshchei for a million
people, at least. Why, even these two makeshift ships they're putting
together here at Storisende are giving work, one way or another, to
almost a thousand. Think what things will be like a year from now, if
this keeps on."

Rodney Maxwell gave a wry laugh. "Didn't know I had a real Simon-pure
altruist for a son."

"Pardner, when you call me that, smile."