Chapter 19

           TheMartianDiplomaticDelegation&InsideStraightSodality,Unlimited,asorganizedbyJubalHarshaw,landedontheflatoftheExecutivePalaceshortlybeforeteno’clockthenextmorning.TheunpretentiouspretendertotheMartianthrone,MikeSmith,hadnotworriedaboutthepurposeofthetrip;hehadsimplyenjoyedeveryminuteoftheshortflightsouth,withutterandinnocentdelight.

           ThetripwasmadeinacharteredFlyingGreyhound,andMikesatupintheastrodomeabovethedriver,withJillononesideandDorcasonhisother,andstaredandstaredinawedwondermentasthegirlspointedoutsightstohimandchatteredinhisears.Theseat,beingintendedfortwopeople,wasverycrowded,butMikedidnotmind,asawarmingdegreeofgrowingclosernecessarilyresulted.Hesatwithanarmaroundeach,andlookedandlistenedandtriedtogrokandcouldnothavebeenhappierifhehadbeentenfeetunderwater.

           Itwas,infact,hisfirstviewofTerrancivilizationHehadseennothingatallinbeingremovedfromtheChampiontosuiteK-12atBethesdaCenter;hehadindeedspentafewminutesinataxitendaysearliergoingfromthehospitaltoBen’sapartmentbutatthetimehehadgrokkednoneofit.Sincethattimehisworldhadbeenboundedbyahouseandaswimmingpool,plussurroundinggardenandgrassandtreeshehadnotbeenasfarasJubal’sgate.

           Butnowhewasenormouslymoresophisticatedthanhehadbeentendaysago.

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