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Douglas
started
to
stand
up
.
Assemblyman
Kung
’
s
voice
sharply
interrupted
.
"
One
moment
!
How
about
the
Larkin
Decision
?
"
Jubal
grabbed
it
before
Douglas
could
speak
.
"
Ah
,
yes
,
the
Larkin
Decision
.
I
’
ve
heard
quite
a
lot
of
nonsense
talked
about
the
Larkin
Decision
–
but
mostly
from
irresponsible
persons
.
Mr
.
Kung
,
what
about
the
Larkin
Decision
?
"
"
I
’
m
asking
you
.
Or
your
client
.
Or
the
Secretary
General
.
"
Jubal
said
gently
,
"
Shall
I
speak
,
Mr
.
Secretary
?
"
"
Please
do
.
"
"
Very
well
.
"
Jubal
paused
,
slowly
took
out
a
big
handkerchief
and
blew
his
nose
in
a
prolonged
blast
,
producing
a
minor
chord
three
octaves
below
middle
C
.
He
then
fixed
Kung
with
his
eye
and
said
solemnly
,
"
Mr
.
Assemblyman
,
I
’
ll
address
this
to
you
–
because
I
know
it
is
unnecessary
to
address
it
to
the
government
in
the
person
of
the
Secretary
.
Once
a
long
,
long
tine
ago
,
when
I
was
a
little
boy
,
another
little
boy
,
equally
young
and
foolish
,
and
I
formed
a
club
.
Just
the
two
of
us
.
Since
we
had
a
club
,
we
had
to
have
rules
?
and
the
first
rule
we
passed
,
unanimously
,
I
should
add
–
was
that
henceforth
we
would
always
call
our
mothers
,
‘
crosspatch
.
’
Silly
,
of
course
?
but
we
were
very
young
.
Mr
.
Kung
,
can
you
deduce
the
outcome
of
that
‘
rule
’
?
"
"
I
won
’
t
guess
,
Dr
.
Harshaw
.
"
"
I
tried
to
implement
our
‘
Crosspatch
’
decision
once
.
Once
was
enough
and
it
saved
my
chum
from
making
the
same
mistake
.
All
it
got
me
was
my
young
bottom
well
warmed
with
a
peach
switch
.
And
.
that
was
the
end
of
the
‘
crosspatch
’
decision
.
"
Jubal
cleared
his
throat
.
"
Just
a
moment
Mr
.
Kung
.
Knowing
that
someone
was
certain
to
raise
this
non
-
existent
issue
I
tried
to
explain
the
Larkin
Decision
to
my
client
.
At
first
be
had
trouble
realizing
that
anyone
could
think
that
this
legal
fiction
would
apply
to
Mars
.
After
all
,
Mars
is
inhabited
,
by
an
old
and
wise
race
–
much
older
than
yours
,
sir
,
and
possibly
wiser
.
But
when
he
did
understand
it
,
he
was
amused
.
Just
that
,
sir
–
tolerantly
amused
.
Once
–
just
once
–
I
under
-
rated
my
mother
’
s
power
to
punish
a
small
boy
’
s
impudence
.
That
lesson
was
cheap
,
a
bargain
-
But
this
planet
cannot
afford
such
a
lesson
on
a
planetary
scale
.
Before
we
attempt
to
parcel
out
lands
which
do
not
belong
to
us
,
it
behooves
us
to
be
very
sure
what
peach
switches
are
hanging
in
the
Martian
kitchen
.
"
