This/dt was/bedz not/* ,/, for/in the/at Angel/nn-tl ,/, just/rb a/at matter/nn of/in running/vbg through/in a/at logical/jj or/cc deductive/jj chain/nn ,/, or/cc deciding/vbg on/rp some/dti action/nn from/in some/dti already/rb established/vbn premise/nn ./.
No/at doubt/nn the/at Angels/nns-tl could/md do/do that/dt kind/nn of/in thing/nn as/ql fast/jj as/cs any/dti computer/nn ./.


	What/wdt Gabriel/np was/bedz being/beg asked/vbn to/to do/do now/rb ,/, however/wrb ,/, was/bedz to/to re-examine/vb all/abn his/pp$ basic/jj assumptions/nns ,/, make/vb value-judgments/nns on/in them/ppo ,/, and/cc give/vb them/ppo new/jj and/cc different/jj powers/nns in/in his/pp$ mind/nn to/to govern/vb his/pp$ motives/nns ./.
This/dt is/bez not/* wholly/rb a/at reasoning/vbg process/nn --/-- a/at computer/nn cannot/md* do/do it/ppo all/abn --/-- and/cc even/rb in/in an/at Angel/nn-tl it/pps takes/vbz time/nn ./.
(/( Or/cc ,/, perhaps/rb ,/, especially/rb in/in an/at Angel/nn-tl ,/, whose/wp$ assumptions/nns had/hvd mostly/rb been/ben fixed/vbn millions/nns of/in years/nns ago/rb ./.
)/) 

	Being/beg reasonably/rb sure/jj of/in the/at reason/nn for/in the/at long/jj pause/nn ,/, however/wrb ,/, did/dod not/* make/vb it/ppo seem/vb any/dti less/ql long/jj to/in Jack/np ./.
He/pps had/hvd already/rb become/vbn used/vbn to/in Hesperus'/np$ snapping/vbg back/rb answers/nns to/in questions/nns almost/rb before/cs Jack/np could/md get/vb them/ppo asked/vbn ./.


	There/ex was/bedz nothing/pn he/pps could/md do/do but/in wait/vb ./.
The/at dice/nns were/bed cast/vbn ./.


	At/in last/ap Gabriel/np spoke/vbd ./.


	``/`` We/ppss misjudged/vbd you/ppo ''/'' ,/, he/pps said/vbd slowly/rb ./.
``/`` We/ppss had/hvd concluded/vbn that/cs no/at race/nn as/ql ephemeral/jj as/cs yours/pp$$ could/md have/hv had/hvn time/nn to/to develop/vb a/at sense/nn of/in justice/nn ./.
Of/in course/nn we/ppss have/hv before/in us/ppo the/at example/nn of/in the/at great/jj races/nns at/in the/at galactic/jj center/nn ;/. ;/.
individually/rb they/ppss are/ber nearly/rb as/ql mortal/jj as/cs you/ppss --/-- the/at difference/nn does/doz not/* seem/vb very/ql marked/vbn to/in us/ppo ,/, where/wrb it/pps exists/vbz ./.
But/cc they/ppss have/hv survived/vbn for/in long/jj periods/nns as/cs races/nns ,/, whereas/cs you/ppss are/ber young/jj ./.
We/ppss shall/md recommend/vb to/in them/ppo that/cs they/ppss shorten/vb your/pp$ trial/nn period/nn by/in half/abn ./.


	``/`` For/in now/rb ,/, it/pps is/bez clear/jj that/cs we/ppss were/bed in/in the/at wrong/jj ./.
You/ppss may/md reclaim/vb your/pp$ property/nn ,/, and/cc the/at penalty/nn on/in Hesperus/np is/bez lifted/vbn ./.
Hesperus/np ,/, you/ppss may/md speak/vb ''/'' ./.


	``/`` I/ppss did/dod not/* perceive/vb this/dt essential/nn distinction/nn either/rb ,/, First-Born/np ''/'' ,/, Hesperus/np said/vbd at/in once/rb ,/, ``/`` I/ppss was/bedz only/rb practicing/vbg a/at concept/nn that/cs Jack/np taught/vbd me/ppo ,/, called/vbn a/at deal/nn ''/'' ./.


	``/`` Nevertheless/rb ,/, you/ppss were/bed its/pp$ agent/nn ./.
Jack/np ,/, what/wdt is/bez the/at nature/nn of/in this/dt concept/nn ''/'' ?/. ?/.


	``/`` It's/pps+bez a/at kind/nn of/in agreement/nn in/in which/wdt each/dt party/nn gives/vbz something/pn to/in the/at other/ap ''/'' ,/, Jack/np said/vbd ./.
``/`` We/ppss regard/vb it/ppo as/cs fair/jj only/rb when/wrb each/dt party/nn feels/vbz that/cs what/wdt he/pps has/hvz received/vbn is/bez as/cs valuable/jj ,/, or/cc more/ql valuable/jj ,/, than/cs what/wdt he/pps has/hvz given/vbn ''/'' ./.
His/pp$ heart/nn ,/, he/pps discovered/vbd ,/, was/bedz pounding/vbg ./.
``/`` For/in instance/nn ,/, Hesperus/np agreed/vbd to/to help/vb me/ppo find/vb my/pp$ property/nn ,/, and/cc I/ppss agreed/vbd to/to take/vb him/ppo to/in Earth/nn-tl ./.
Between/in individuals/nns ,/, this/dt process/nn is/bez called/vbn bargaining/nn ./.
When/wrb it/pps is/bez done/vbn between/in races/nns or/cc nations/nns ,/, it/pps is/bez called/vbn making/vbg a/at treaty/nn ./.
And/cc the/at major/jj part/nn of/in my/pp$ mission/nn to/in your/pp$ nest/nn is/bez to/to make/vb a/at treaty/nn between/in your/pp$ race/nn and/cc mine/pp$$ ./.
Recovering/vbg the/at property/nn was/bedz much/ql less/ql important/jj ''/'' ./.


	``/`` Strange/jj ''/'' ,/, Gabriel/np said/vbd ./.
``/`` And/cc apparently/rb impossible/jj ./.
Though/cs it/pps might/md be/be that/cs we/ppss would/md have/hv much/ap to/to give/vb you/ppo ,/, you/ppss have/hv nothing/pn to/to give/vb us/ppo ''/'' ./.


	``/`` Hesperus/np and/cc Lucifer/np ''/'' ,/, Jack/np said/vbd ,/, ``/`` show/vb that/cs we/ppss do/do ''/'' ./.


	Another/dt pause/nn ;/. ;/.
but/cc this/dt one/cd was/bedz not/* nearly/rb as/ql long/jj ./.


	``/`` Then/rb it/pps is/bez a/at matter/nn of/in pleasure/nn ;/. ;/.
of/in curiosity/nn ;/. ;/.
of/in a/at more/ql alive/jj time/nn ./.
Yes/rb ,/, those/dts could/md be/be commodities/nns under/in this/dt concept/nn ./.
But/cc you/ppss should/md understand/vb ,/, Jack/np ,/, that/cs Hesperus/np and/cc Lucifer/np are/ber not/* long/jj out/in of/in the/at nursery/nn ./.
Visiting/vbg the/at Earth/nn-tl would/md not/* be/be an/at offering/nn of/in worth/nn to/in those/dts of/in us/ppo who/wps are/ber older/jjr ''/'' ./.


	This/dt explained/vbd a/at great/jj deal/nn ./.
``/`` All/ql the/at more/ap reason/nn ,/, then/rb ''/'' ,/, Jack/np said/vbd ,/, ``/`` why/wrb we/ppss must/md have/hv a/at treaty/nn ./.
We/ppss will/md gladly/rb entertain/vb your/pp$ young/jj and/cc give/vb them/ppo proper/jj living/vbg quarters/nns ,/, in/in return/nn for/in their/pp$ help/nn in/in running/vbg our/pp$ fusion/nn reactors/nns ./.
But/cc we/ppss must/md know/vb if/cs this/dt is/bez in/in accordance/nn with/in your/pp$ customs/nns ,/, and/cc must/md have/hv your/pp$ agreement/nn they/ppss will/md not/* misuse/vb the/at power/nn we/ppss put/vbd in/in their/pp$ hands/nns ,/, to/in our/pp$ hurt/nn ''/'' ./.


	``/`` But/cc this/dt simply/rb requires/vbz that/cs they/ppss behave/vb in/in accordance/nn with/in the/at dictates/nns of/in their/pp$ own/jj natures/nns ,/, and/cc respect/vb yours/pp$$ in/in turn/nn ./.
To/in this/dt we/ppss of/in course/nn agree/vb ''/'' ./.


	Jack/np felt/vbd a/at wave/nn of/in complete/jj elation/nn ,/, but/cc in/in a/at second/nn it/pps had/hvd vanished/vbn without/in a/at trace/nn ./.
What/wdt Gabriel/np was/bedz asking/vbg was/bedz that/cs mankind/nn forego/vb all/abn its/pp$ parochial/jj moral/jj judgments/nns ,/, and/cc contract/vb to/to let/vb the/at Angels/nns-tl serve/vb on/in Earth/nn-tl as/cs it/pps is/bez in/in Heaven/nn-tl regardless/rb of/in the/at applicable/jj Earth/nn-tl laws/nns ./.
The/at Angels/nns-tl in/in turn/nn would/md exercise/vb similar/jj restraints/nns in/in respect/nn for/in the/at natural/jj preferences/nns and/cc natures/nns of/in the/at Earthmen/nps --/-- but/cc they/ppss had/hvd no/at faintest/jjt notion/nn of/in man's/nn$ perverse/jj habit/nn of/in passing/vbg and/cc enforcing/vbg laws/nns which/wdt were/bed contrary/jj to/in his/pp$ own/jj preferences/nns and/cc violations/nns of/in his/pp$ nature/nn ./.


	The/at simple/jj treaty/nn principle/nn that/cs Gabriel/np was/bedz asking/vbg him/ppo to/to ratify/vb ,/, in/in short/jj ,/, was/bedz nothing/pn less/ap than/in total/jj trust/nn ./.


	Nothing/pn less/ap would/md serve/vb ./.
And/cc it/pps might/md be/be ,/, considering/in the/at uncomfortable/jj custom/nn the/at Angels/nns-tl had/hvd of/in thinking/vbg of/in everything/pn in/in terms/nns of/in absolutes/nns ,/, that/cs the/at proposal/nn of/in anything/pn less/ap might/md well/rb amount/vb instead/rb to/in something/pn like/cs a/at declaration/nn of/in war/nn ./.


	Furthermore/rb ,/, even/rb the/at highly/ql trained/vbn law/nn clerk/nn who/wps was/bedz a/at part/nn of/in Jack's/np$ total/jj make-up/nn could/md not/* understand/vb how/wrb the/at principle/nn could/md ever/rb be/be codified/vbn ./.
Almost/rb the/at whole/jj experience/nn of/in mankind/nn pointed/vbd toward/in suspicion/nn ,/, not/* trust/nn ,/, as/cs the/at safest/jjt and/cc sanest/jjt attitude/nn toward/in all/abn outsiders/nns ./.


	Yet/rb there/ex was/bedz some/dti precedent/nn for/in it/ppo ./.
The/at history/nn of/in disarmament/nn agreements/nns ,/, for/in instance/nn ,/, had/hvd been/ben unreassuringly/rb dismal/jj ;/. ;/.
but/cc the/at United/vbn-tl States/nns-tl and/cc the/at Union/nn-tl of/in-tl Soviet/np-tl Socialist/jj-tl Republics/nns-tl nevertheless/rb did/dod eventually/rb agree/vb on/in an/at atomic/jj bomb/nn test/nn ban/nn ,/, and/cc a/at sort/nn of/in provisional/jj acceptance/nn of/in each/dt other's/ap$ good/jj intentions/nns on/in this/dt limited/vbn question/nn ./.
Out/in of/in that/dt agreement/nn ,/, though/cs not/* by/in any/dti easy/jj road/nn ,/, eventually/rb emerged/vbd the/at present/jj world/nn hegemony/nn of/in the/at United/vbn-tl Nations/nns-tl ;/. ;/.
suspicion/nn between/in member/nn states/nns still/rb existed/vbd ,/, but/cc it/pps was/bedz of/in about/rb the/at same/ap low/jj order/nn of/in virulence/nn as/cs the/at twentieth-century/nn rivalry/nn between/in Arizona/np and/cc California/np over/in water/nn supplies/nns ./.


	Besides/rb ,/, agreements/nns ``/`` in/in principle/nn ''/'' ,/, with/in the/at petty/jj details/nns to/to be/be thrashed/vbn out/rp later/rbr ,/, were/bed commonplace/jj in/in diplomatic/jj history/nn ./.
The/at trouble/nn with/in them/ppo was/bedz that/cs they/ppss almost/rb never/rb worked/vbd ,/, and/cc in/in fact/nn an/at agreement/nn ``/`` in/in principle/nn ''/'' historically/rb turned/vbd out/rp to/to be/be a/at sure/jj sign/nn that/cs neither/dtx party/nn really/rb wanted/vbd the/at quarrel/nn settled/vbn ./.


	Suppose/vb that/cs this/dt one/cd were/bed to/to work/vb ?/. ?/.
There/ex was/bedz no/at question/nn in/in Jack's/np$ mind/nn of/in the/at good/jj faith/nn on/in one/cd side/nn ,/, at/in least/ap ./.
If/cs mankind/nn could/md be/be convinced/vbn of/in that/dt 

	It/pps was/bedz worth/jj trying/vbg ./.
In/in fact/nn ,/, it/pps had/hvd to/to be/be tried/vbn ./.
It/pps would/md be/be at/in once/cs the/at most/ql tentative/jj and/cc most/ql final/jj treaty/nn that/cs Earth/nn-tl had/hvd ever/rb signed/vbn ./.
Secretary/nn Hart/np had/hvd taught/vbn Jack/np ,/, at/in least/ql partially/rb ,/, to/to be/be content/jj with/in small/jj beginnings/nns in/in all/abn diplomatic/jj matters/nns ;/. ;/.
but/cc there/ex was/bedz no/at small/jj way/nn to/to handle/vb this/dt one/cd ./.


	He/pps turned/vbd back/rb to/in the/at screens/nns ,/, the/at crucial/jj ,/, conclusive/jj phrase/nn on/in his/pp$ lips/nns ./.
But/cc he/pps was/bedz too/ql late/jj ./.
He/pps had/hvd lost/vbn his/pp$ audience/nn ./.




For/in a/at moment/nn he/pps could/md make/vb no/at sense/nn at/in all/abn of/in what/wdt he/pps saw/vbd ./.
It/pps seemed/vbd to/to be/be only/rb a/at riot/nn of/in color/nn ,/, light/nn and/cc meaningless/jj activity/nn ./.
Gradually/rb ,/, he/pps realized/vbd that/cs the/at pentagon/nn of/in Angel/nn-tl elders/nns had/hvd vanished/vbn ,/, and/cc that/cs the/at ritual/jj learning/vbg dance/nn of/in the/at nursery/nn had/hvd been/ben broken/vbn up/rp ./.
The/at Angels/nns-tl in/in the/at nursery/nn were/bed zigzagging/vbg wildly/rb in/in all/abn directions/nns ,/, seemingly/rb at/in random/nn ./.


	``/`` Hesperus/np !/. !/.
What's/wdt+bez going/vbg on/rp here/rb ?/. ?/.
What's/wdt+bez happened/vbn ''/'' ?/. ?/.


	``/`` Your/pp$ brothers/nns have/hv been/ben found/vbn ./.
They/ppss are/ber on/in their/pp$ way/nn here/rb ''/'' ./.


	``/`` Where/wrb ?/. ?/.
I/ppss don't/do* see/vb them/ppo ./.
The/at instruments/nns don't/do* show/vb them/ppo ''/'' ./.


	``/`` You/ppss can't/md* see/vb them/ppo yet/rb ,/, Jack/np ./.
They'll/ppss+md be/be in/in range/nn in/in a/at short/jj while/nn ''/'' ./.


	Jack/np scanned/vbd the/at skies/nns ,/, the/at boards/nns ,/, and/cc the/at skies/nns again/rb ./.
Nothing/pn ./.
No/rb --/-- there/ex was/bedz a/at tiny/jj pip/nn on/in the/at radar/nn ;/. ;/.
and/cc it/pps was/bedz getting/vbg bigger/jjr rapidly/rb ./.
If/cs that/dt was/bedz the/at skiff/nn ,/, it/pps was/bedz making/vbg unprecedented/jj speed/nn ./.


	Then/rb the/at skiff/nn hove/vbd into/in sight/nn ,/, just/rb a/at dot/nn of/in light/nn at/in first/rb against/in the/at roiling/vbg blackness/nn and/cc crimson/jj streaks/nns of/in the/at Coal/nn-tl Sack/nn-tl ./.
Through/in the/at telescope/nn ,/, Jack/np could/md see/vb that/cs both/abx spacesuits/nns were/bed still/rb attached/vbn to/in it/ppo ./.
The/at sail/nn was/bedz still/rb unfurled/vbn ,/, though/cs there/ex were/bed a/at good/jj many/ap holes/nns in/in it/ppo ,/, as/cs Langer/np had/hvd predicted/vbn would/md be/be the/at case/nn by/in now/rb ./.


	It/pps was/bedz a/at startling/jj ,/, almost/rb numenous/jj sight/nn ;/. ;/.
but/cc even/ql more/ql awesome/jj was/bedz the/at fact/nn that/cs it/pps was/bedz trailing/vbg an/at enormous/jj comet's-tail/nn of/in Angels/nns-tl ./.


	The/at skiff/nn was/bedz not/* heading/vbg for/in the/at nursery/nn ,/, however/wrb ./.
It/pps seemed/vbd unlikely/jj that/cs her/pp$ crew/nn ,/, if/cs either/dtx of/in them/ppo were/bed alive/jj ,/, could/md even/rb see/vb the/at Ariadne/np ,/, for/cs they/ppss were/bed passing/vbg her/ppo at/in a/at distance/nn of/in nearly/rb a/at light-year/nn ./.
And/cc there/ex would/md be/be no/at chance/nn of/in signaling/vbg them/ppo --/-- without/in the/at Nernst/np generator/nn Jack/np could/md not/* send/vb a/at call/nn powerful/jj enough/qlp to/to get/vb through/in all/abn the/at static/nn ,/, and/cc by/in the/at time/nn he/pps could/md rebuild/vb his/pp$ fusion/nn power/nn the/at skiff/nn would/md be/be gone/vbn ./.


	Fuming/vbg ,/, helpless/jj ,/, he/pps watched/vbd them/ppo pass/vb him/ppo ./.
The/at sail/nn ,/, ragged/jj though/cs it/pps was/bedz ,/, still/rb had/hvd enough/ap surface/nn to/to catch/vb some/dti of/in the/at ocean/nn of/in power/nn being/beg poured/vbn out/rp from/in the/at nursery/nn stars/nns ./.
He/pps would/md never/rb have/hv believed/vbn ,/, without/in seeing/vbg it/ppo ,/, that/cs the/at bizarre/jj little/ap vessel/nn could/md go/vb so/ql fast/jj ./.


	But/cc where/wrb was/bedz it/pps going/vbg ?/. ?/.
And/cc why/wrb was/bedz it/pps causing/vbg so/ql much/ap agitation/nn among/in the/at Angels/nns-tl ,/, and/cc being/beg followed/vbn by/in so/ql many/ap of/in them/ppo ?/. ?/.


	There/ex was/bedz only/rb one/cd possible/jj answer/nn ,/, but/cc Jack's/np$ horrified/vbn mind/nn refused/vbd to/to believe/vb it/ppo until/cs he/pps had/hvd fed/vbn the/at radar/nn plots/nns of/in the/at skiff's/nn$ course/nn into/in the/at computer/nn ./.
The/at curve/nn on/in the/at card/nn the/at computer/nn spat/vbd back/rb at/in him/ppo couldn't/md* be/be argued/vbn with/in ,/, however/wrb ./.


	The/at skiff/nn was/bedz headed/vbn for/in the/at very/ap center/nn of/in the/at nebula/nn --/-- toward/in that/dt place/nn which/wdt ,/, Jack/np knew/vbd now/rb ,/, could/md hold/vb nothing/pn less/ql important/jj than/cs the/at very/ap core/nn of/in the/at Angel's/nn$-tl life/nn and/cc religion/nn ./.


	It/pps was/bedz clear/jj that/cs Langer/np had/hvd at/in last/ap found/vbn a/at way/nn to/to attract/vb the/at Angel's/nn$-tl attention/nn ./.


	It/pps was/bedz equally/ql clear/jj that/cs as/cs of/in this/dt moment/nn ,/, the/at treaty/nn was/bedz off/rp ./.



Stern/nn-hl chase/nn-hl 10/cd-hl 
Langer/np would/md have/hv to/to be/be headed/vbn off/rp ,/, whether/cs he/pps knew/vbd where/wrb he/pps was/bedz going/vbg or/cc not/* ./.
Almost/ql surely/rb he/pps did/dod ;/. ;/.
after/in all/abn ,/, he/pps had/hvd had/hvn the/at same/ap set/nn of/in facts/nns as/cs Jack/np had/hvd had/hvn to/to work/vb from/in ,/, and/cc he/pps was/bedz an/at almost/rb frighteningly/rb observant/jj man/nn ./.
But/cc not/* having/hvg talked/vbd to/in the/at Angels/nns-tl ,/, he/pps had/hvd made/vbn a/at wrong/jj turn/nn in/in his/pp$ reasoning/nn somewhere/rb along/in the/at line/nn ./.
Had/hvd he/pps decided/vbd ,/, perhaps/rb ,/, that/cs the/at center/nn of/in the/at cloud/nn was/bedz a/at center/nn of/in government/nn ,/, instead/rb of/in a/at center/nn of/in life/nn and/cc faith/nn ''/'' ?/. ?/.


	But/cc it/pps didn't/dod* matter/vb now/rb whether/cs he/pps meant/vbd to/to invade/vb the/at Holy/nn-tl of/in-tl Holies/nns-tl ,/, or/cc was/bedz simply/rb headed/vbn in/in that/dt direction/nn by/in accident/nn ./.
If/cs it/pps was/bedz intentional/jj ,/, it/pps was/bedz now/rb also/rb unnecessary/jj ;/. ;/.
and/cc whether/cs intentional/jj or/cc not/* ,/, the/at outcome/nn would/md be/be disastrous/jj ./.


	Jack/np crawled/vbd under/in the/at boards/nns and/cc restored/vbd the/at six/cd feet/nns of/in lead/nn line/nn he/pps had/hvd excised/vbn from/in the/at Nernst/np generator/nn switch/nn ./.
When/wrb he/pps was/bedz back/rb on/in his/pp$ feet/nns again/rb and/cc about/rb to/to reinstall/vb the/at fuses/nns ,/, however/wrb ,/, he/pps hesitated/vbd ./.


	He/pps had/hvd to/to have/hv fusion/nn power/nn to/to catch/vb up/rp with/in the/at skiff/nn ,/, and/cc he/pps had/hvd to/to have/hv it/ppo fast/rb ./.
But/cc fusion/nn power/nn in/in the/at Coal/nn-tl Sack/nn-tl was/bedz what/wdt had/hvd triggered/vbn all/abn the/at trouble/nn in/in the/at first/od place/nn --/-- and/cc he/pps already/rb had/hvd an/at Angel/nn-tl aboard/rb ./.


	``/`` Hesperus/np ''/'' ?/. ?/.


	``/`` Receiving/vbg ''/'' ./.


	``/`` I'm/ppss+bem going/vbg to/to turn/vb my/pp$ generator/nn back/rb on/rp ,/, as/cs I/ppss promised/vbd to/to do/do ./.
But/cc I/ppss can't/md* take/vb you/ppo to/in Earth/nn-tl yet/rb ./.
First/rb I've/ppss+hv got/vbn to/to intercept/vb my/pp$ brothers/nns before/cs they/ppss get/vb any/dti deeper/jjr into/in trouble/nn ./.
Will/md you/ppss obstruct/vb this/dt ,/, or/cc will/md you/ppss help/vb ?/. ?/.
I/ppss know/vb it's/pps+bez not/* part/nn of/in the/at bargain/nn ,/, and/cc your/pp$ elders/nns might/md not/* like/vb it/ppo ''/'' ./.


	``/`` Nobody/pn else/rb can/md live/vb in/in your/pp$ hearth/nn while/cs I/ppss am/bem in/in it/ppo ''/'' ,/, Hesperus/np said/vbd promptly/rb ./.
``/`` As/cs for/in my/pp$ elders/nns ,/, they/ppss have/hv already/rb admitted/vbn that/cs they/ppss were/bed wrong/jj ./.
If/cs because/cs of/in this/dt incident/nn they/ppss become/vb angry/jj with/in Earth/nn-tl ,/, I/ppss will/md not/* be/be permitted/vbn to/to go/vb there/rb at/in all/abn ./.
Therefore/rb of/in course/nn I/ppss will/md help/vb ''/'' ./.


	With/in a/at short-lived/jj sigh/nn of/in relief/nn ,/, Jack/np plugged/vbd the/at fuses/nns back/rb in/rp and/cc threw/vbd the/at switch/nn ./.
Without/in an/at instant's/nn$ transition/nn ,/, the/at green/jj light/nn that/wps meant/vbd full/jj fusion/nn power/nn winked/vbd on/in the/at board/nn ./.
Always/rb before/rb ,/, it/pps had/hvd taken/vbn five/cd minutes/nns to/to --/-- 

	Of/in course/nn ./.
Hesperus/np was/bedz in/in there/rb ./.
From/in here/rb on/rp out/rp ,/, the/at Ariadne/np was/bedz going/vbg to/to be/be hotter/jjr than/cs any/dti space/nn cruiser/nn man/nn had/hvd ever/rb dreamed/vbn of/in ./.


	But/cc since/cs he/pps had/hvd failed/vbn to/to anticipate/vb it/ppo ,/, he/pps lost/vbd the/at five/cd minutes/nns anyhow/rb ,/, in/in plotting/vbg an/at intercept/nn orbit/nn ./.


	``/`` Hesperus/np ,/, don't/do* use/vb this/dt t-tau/nn vector/nn trick/nn of/in yours/pp$$ ,/, please/vb ./.

