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Mike
took
the
confusion
gravely
,
without
apparent
upset
;
Jill
was
holding
his
hand
and
her
touch
reassured
him
.
Jubal
wanted
news
pictures
taken
,
the
more
the
better
;
as
for
questions
put
directly
to
Mike
,
Jubal
did
not
fear
them
and
made
no
attempt
to
field
them
.
A
week
of
trying
to
talk
with
Mike
had
convinced
him
that
no
reporter
could
possibly
get
anything
of
importance
out
of
Mike
in
only
a
few
minutes
–
without
expert
help
.
Mike
’
s
habit
of
answering
a
question
as
asked
,
answering
it
literally
and
stopping
,
would
be
enough
to
nullify
most
attempts
to
pump
him
.
And
so
it
proved
.
Most
questions
Mike
answered
with
a
polite
:
"
I
do
not
know
,
"
or
an
even
less
committal
;
"
Beg
pardon
?
"
But
one
question
backfired
on
the
questioner
.
A
Reuters
correspondent
,
anticipating
a
monumental
fight
over
Mike
’
s
status
as
an
heir
,
tried
to
sneak
in
his
own
test
of
Mike
’
s
competence
:
"
Mr
.
Smith
?
What
do
you
know
about
the
laws
of
inheritance
here
?
"
Mike
was
aware
that
he
was
having
trouble
grokking
in
fullness
the
human
concept
of
property
and
,
in
particular
,
the
ideas
of
bequest
and
inheritance
.
So
he
most
carefully
avoided
inserting
his
own
ideas
and
stuck
to
the
book
–
a
book
which
Jubal
recognized
shortly
as
Ely
on
Inheritance
and
Bequest
,
chapter
one
.
Mike
related
what
he
had
read
,
with
precision
and
careful
lack
of
expression
,
like
a
boring
but
exact
law
professor
,
for
page
after
tedious
page
,
while
the
room
gradually
settled
into
stunned
silence
and
his
interrogator
gulped
.
Jubal
let
it
go
on
until
every
newsman
there
knew
more
than
he
wanted
to
know
about
dower
and
curtesy
,
consanguinean
and
uterine
,
per
stirpes
and
per
capita
,
and
related
mysteries
.
At
last
Jubal
touched
his
shoulder
,
"
That
’
s
enough
,
Mike
.
"
Mike
looked
puzzled
.
"
There
is
much
more
.
"
"
Yes
,
but
later
.
Does
someone
have
a
question
on
some
other
subject
?
"
A
reporter
for
a
London
Sunday
paper
of
enormous
circulation
jumped
in
with
a
question
closer
to
his
employer
’
s
pocketbook
:
"
Mr
.
Smith
,
we
understand
you
like
the
girls
here
on
Earth
.
But
have
you
ever
kissed
a
girl
?
"
