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I doubt, said Drake, that enough will have escaped to endanger us. Potterley shook his head slightly. He just got in the way of our own men. We're committed, Claire, he said, and I can't have you backing out now.

So far, to be sure, there were no signs of hostility or ill-feeling among any of the five intelligent races known to inhabit the Galaxy. It was even friendly. But a week later, even while Araman was talking, the thought of that young man had come back to him. The whole bearing is by far too saintly to be true.