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to duck under something when he had a new suit on.

"Robot control, probably; could have been launched from anywhere in
town. Why, no; your mother and Flora aren't[Pg 145] speaking to either
of us, any more. Pity, of course, but I'm glad they're in Litchfield.
It's a little healthier there."

They walked to the slim recon-car and climbed in, pulling the door shut
after them. Wade Lucas was waiting for them at the controls.

"There, you see!" he began, as soon as he had the car lifting. "What
I've been telling you. We'll have to stop this."

"Conn, meet our new partner. I told him everything you told me, out on
the Mall, the day you came home. I had to," his father hastened to add.
"He'd figured most of it out for himself. The only thing to do was admit
him to the lodge and give him the oath."