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Command, and if your father hadn't robbed us of all our best men, like
Jerry Rivas and Anse Dawes, we'd have found it by now. I don't think you
and your father care a hoot if we ever find Merlin or not!"[Pg 131]

"Kurt, that's a dreadful thing to say," Dolf Kellton objected in a
shocked voice.

"It's a dreadful thing to have to say," Fawzi replied, "but you tell me
what Conn Maxwell or Rodney Maxwell are doing to help find it."

"Who showed you where Force Command was?" Klem Zareff asked.

Nobody could think of any good quick comeback to that.

Conn took advantage of the pause to ask, "Why do you want to find Merlin?"

"Why do we ..." Fawzi spluttered indignantly. "If you don't know...."