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ships, namely, plastic-crystal molecules held together by absolute polymerization. Know that you are safer on Andromeda than on the vulnerable surface of your own earth, Adam. Need I say a» m ore?” “No; oh, no,” Adam faltered. “But may I ask you this: Do you not have any questions of your own to ask me, for a change?” “Yes,” smiled the guide. “Tell us, how did you enjoy your trip from earth to Venus with our Vega?” The young lady at the guide’s side walked away from her place as if impelled by an unseen force, coming closer to Adam and looking deeply into his eyes to get the full effect of his answer. Once more he was under the spell of a feminine beauty, who seemed to have forgotten her own betrothed at her side. Adam instinctively used this opportunity to hold her attention. He was learning to use one woman to attract another woman, even on a4 roams 1 toa teorduu 1 sod Andromeda. She is jealous, he thought. I shall make sure that she stays jealous. He pursued his momentary advantage, speaking with concealed rapture. «rr a1 1 o4Yo4 . c a oa “How can I express it to you?” he asked, glancing from the guide to the beauty whose eyes were gazing into his own. “I asked her about such things as the masterfulness of our little ship, its speed of ten million miles per hour, about my earth and its moon, and about Venus. Her gentle nature and complete beauty gave me the answers. I was so overwhelmed that the incredible nature of all I was experiencing receded beyond my consciousness. In her presence, everything else turned into the usual and ordinary. I was lost in her sublimity.” The guide was deeply attentive, as Adam added, “It was all of this, of course, but what it really was to me is beyond words. How can I tell you? To me it was just incredible,” he concluded. “Do you mean,” asked the young lady, “that you could tell of your recent experiences and include Vega as just a part of them, having no special place for her in your memoirs?” Adam did not speak. He merely smiled and nodded in confirmation to her question. Yes, his intense nod said, but at 89 LANDING ABOARD ANDROMEDA confirmation to her question.