THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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Somehow, he was acting as though he were making an arrest. That might
have been nothing but professional habit. Conn went up to Fawzi's suite,
and found Fawzi and Judge Ledue and Dolf Kellton and close to a dozen
others there.

"I'm glad you could come, Conn," the Judge greeted him. Now that the
defendant had arrived, the trial could begin. "I wish your father could
have gotten here. I asked him to come, but he had a prior engagement. A
meeting with some of the financial people here, about some company he's
interested in."

"That's right; Trisystem & Interstellar Spacelines."

"Interstellar!" Kurt Fawzi almost howled. "Great Ghu! Now it isn't
enough to go out to Koshchei; he wants to go clear out of the Trisystem.
That's what we wanted to talk about; all this nonsense you and your
father are in. Merlin's right here on Poictesme. It's right at Force