THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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companies building the two ships at the spaceport. And J. Fitzwilliam
Sterber, the lawyer.

And reporters, phoning stories in and getting audiovisual interviews of
anybody who would hold still long enough. They converged in a rush as
Conn and his father and Lucas came in.

"No statement, gentlemen!" Rodney Maxwell shouted, above the babble of
their questions. "When we have anything to release, it will be released
to all of you."

Jacquemont and Nichols had already arrived; Lucas went to them and began
talking about stevedores and lifters to get off the cargoes from the
ships. Conn hastened to join them.

"The scanning and mining equipment aboard the /Helen O'Loy/," he said.
"That shouldn't be unloaded here; we'll take the ship out to Force