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I
heard
a
ruckus
at
the
main
door
a
moment
ago
–
what
I
could
catch
,
one
of
the
crew
members
of
the
Champion
wanted
to
come
in
.
They
’
re
all
friends
of
Smith
,
so
let
’
em
in
.
We
’
ll
accommodate
’
em
.
Help
to
fill
up
this
side
of
the
table
.
"
Harshaw
sighed
and
rubbed
a
kidney
.
"
Very
well
,
sir
,
"
LaRue
agreed
stiffly
and
left
.
Miriam
said
out
of
the
corner
of
her
mouth
:
"
Boss
–
did
you
sprain
your
back
doing
hand
stands
night
before
last
?
"
"
Quiet
,
girl
,
or
I
’
ll
paddle
you
.
"
With
grim
satisfaction
Jubal
surveyed
the
room
,
which
was
continuing
to
fill
with
high
officials
.
He
had
told
Douglas
that
he
wanted
a
"
small
,
informal
"
talk
–
no
formality
while
knowing
with
utter
certainty
that
the
mere
announcement
of
such
talks
would
fetch
all
the
powerful
and
power
-
hungry
as
surely
as
light
attracts
moths
.
And
now
(
he
felt
sure
)
Mike
was
about
to
be
treated
as
a
sovereign
by
each
and
every
one
of
those
nabobs
–
with
the
whole
world
watching
.
Just
let
’
em
try
to
roust
the
boy
around
after
this
!
Sanforth
was
still
trying
mightily
to
shoo
out
the
remaining
newsmen
,
and
the
unfortunate
assistant
chief
of
protocol
,
deserted
by
his
boss
,
was
jittering
like
a
nervous
baby
-
sitter
in
his
attempt
to
play
musical
chairs
with
too
few
chairs
and
too
many
notables
,
They
continued
to
come
in
and
Jubal
concluded
that
Douglas
had
never
intended
to
convene
this
public
meeting
earlier
than
eleven
o
’
clock
,
and
that
everyone
else
had
been
so
informed
–
the
earlier
hour
given
Jubal
was
to
permit
the
private
preconference
that
Douglas
had
demanded
and
that
Jubal
had
refused
.
Well
,
the
delay
suited
Jubal
’
s
plans
.
The
leader
of
the
Eastern
Coalition
came
in
.
Since
Mr
.
King
was
not
,
by
his
own
choice
,
the
nominal
Chief
of
Delegation
for
his
nation
,
his
status
under
strict
protocol
was
merely
that
of
Assemblyman
–
but
Jubal
was
not
even
mildly
surprised
to
see
the
harried
assistant
chief
of
protocol
drop
what
he
was
doing
and
rush
to
seat
Douglas
’
chief
political
enemy
at
the
main
table
and
near
the
seat
reserved
for
the
Secretary
General
;
it
simply
reinforced
Jubal
’
s
opinion
that
Douglas
was
no
fool
.
Dr
.
Nelson
,
surgeon
of
the
Champion
,
and
Captain
van
Tromp
,
her
skipper
,
came
in
together
,
and
were
greeted
with
delight
by
Mike
.
Jubal
was
pleased
,
too
,
as
it
gave
the
boy
something
to
do
,
under
the
cameras
,
instead
of
just
sitting
still
like
a
dummy
.
Jubal
made
use
of
the
disturbance
to
rearrange
the
seating
since
there
was
now
no
longer
any
need
to
surround
the
Man
from
Mars
with
a
bodyguard
.
He
placed
Mike
precisely
opposite
the
Secretary
General
’
s
chair
and
himself
took
the
chair
on
Mike
’
s
left
–
not
only
to
be
close
to
him
as
his
counsel
but
to
be
where
he
could
actually
touch
Mike
inconspicuously
.
Since
Mike
had
only
the
foggiest
notions
of
human
customary
manners
,
Jubal
had
arranged
with
him
signals
as
imperceptible
as
those
used
by
a
rider
in
putting
a
high
-
schooled
horse
through
dressage
maneuvers
-
"
stand
up
,
"
"
sit
down
,
"
"
bow
,
"
"
shake
hands
"
-
with
the
difference
that
Mike
was
not
a
horse
and
his
training
had
required
only
five
minutes
to
achieve
utterly
dependable
perfection
.
Mahmoud
broke
away
from
the
reunion
of
shipmates
,
came
around
,
and
spoke
to
Jubal
privately
.
"
Doctor
,
I
must
explain
that
the
Skipper
and
the
Surgeon
are
also
water
brothers
of
our
brother
–
and
Michael
Valentine
wanted
to
confirm
it
at
once
by
again
using
the
ritual
,
all
of
us
.
I
told
him
to
wait
.
Do
you
approve
?
"
