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merged in grandeur. Everything will be new to you only by confirmation. We give thanks to the Creator for this opportunity to share with you what we have.” As Orion finished, Lyra and Lily came out of the bedroom and went into the kitchen to prepare refreshments, talking together as 1 1 women do everywhere. , Saturn went directly to Adam, who sat comfortably in a chair. He looked intently under Adam’s right ear and put his finger there, rubbing the spot gently. “All gone, isn rt it?” he asked. tom Veuad It was gone, indeed. The little lump, the herald of doom, was not there. Adam could hardly believe it. “Yes, it is gone,” Saturn said. “The beverage Launie gave you a little while ago destroyed all the nuclei of the cancer cells. Metastasis has ceased temporarily. The sarcoma has been returned to its root origin. It will evolve again, but a month has been added to your earth days, Adam.” Adam had forgotten his doom. He had forgotten he was in the co. . aaa presence of the peers, one of whom was a master physician. He had heard the name “Launie.” It had lifted him in spirit to another realm. Was he dreaming. “Launie? I have not yet met Launie. How could she have given me the nectar to drink? I beg of you, Saturn, where is she?” But Saturn remained silent, evaluating Adam’s health in 1 general. Neptune now took the opportunity to speak. He came close to Adam, and as Saturn -stood thoughtfully looking on, he said, “Adam, our hostess and yours, whom you have called Lily, is in truth your Launie. She is one of our little fun-makers here; it is just a harmless pastime. She has much to learn, so she is a teacher of some of our children and thereby learns through teaching. You have been with Launie since you first set foot on Andromeda.” Adam felt rushing relief from his guilty conscience, his feeling of duplicity in having been drawn from one lovely girl to another. Lyra and Launie had suddenly become silent in the kitchen. Now, for some inexpressible reason, Adam felt 99 LANDING ABOARD ANDROMEDA The sarcoma has been