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"
Hand
the
little
lady
a
cigar
!
Dr
.
Mary
Jane
Lyle
Smith
.
She
knew
she
had
something
important
,
even
though
development
work
remained
to
be
done
on
it
.
So
before
she
left
on
the
expedition
,
she
applied
for
a
dozen
odd
basic
patents
and
placed
it
all
in
a
corporate
trust
-
not
a
non
-
profit
corporation
,
mind
you
-
then
assigned
control
and
interim
income
to
the
Science
Foundation
.
So
eventually
the
government
got
control
of
it
-
but
your
friend
with
the
face
of
an
angel
owns
it
.
No
possible
doubt
.
It
’
s
worth
millions
,
maybe
hundreds
of
millions
;
I
couldn
’
t
guess
.
"
They
brought
in
dinner
.
Caxton
used
ceiling
tables
to
protect
his
lawn
;
he
lowered
one
down
in
front
of
his
chair
and
another
to
Japanese
height
so
that
Jill
could
sit
on
the
grass
.
"
Tender
?
"
he
asked
.
"
Ongerful
!
"
she
answered
with
her
mouth
full
.
"
Thanks
.
Remember
,
I
cooked
it
.
"
"
Ben
,
"
she
said
after
swallowing
,
"
how
about
Smith
being
a
-
I
mean
,
being
illegitimate
?
Can
he
inherit
?
"
"
He
’
s
not
illegitimate
.
Doctor
Mary
Jane
was
at
Berkeley
,
and
California
laws
deny
the
concept
of
bastardy
.
Same
for
Captain
Brant
,
as
New
Zealand
also
has
civilized
laws
on
the
subject
.
While
under
the
laws
of
the
home
State
of
Doctor
Ward
Smith
,
Mary
Jane
’
s
husband
,
a
child
born
in
wedlock
is
legitimate
,
come
hell
or
high
water
.
We
have
here
.
Jill
,
a
man
who
is
the
Simon
-
pure
legitimate
child
of
three
different
parents
.
"
Huh
?
Now
wait
a
minute
,
Ben
;
he
can
’
t
be
it
both
ways
.
One
or
the
other
but
not
both
.
I
’
m
not
a
lawyer
but
-
"
"
You
sure
ain
’
t
.
Such
legal
fictions
bother
a
lawyer
not
at
all
.
Smith
is
legitimate
different
ways
in
different
jurisdictions
,
all
kosher
and
all
breaking
his
way
-
even
though
he
is
probably
a
bastard
in
his
physical
ancestry
.
So
he
inherits
.
Besides
that
,
while
his
mother
was
wealthy
,
both
his
fathers
were
at
least
well
to
do
.
Brant
was
a
bachelor
until
just
before
the
expedition
;
he
had
ploughed
most
of
his
scandalous
salary
as
a
pilot
on
the
Moon
run
back
into
Lunar
Enterprises
,
Limited
.
You
know
how
that
stuff
has
boomed
-
they
just
declared
another
three
-
way
stock
dividend
.
Brant
had
one
vice
,
gambling
-
but
the
bloke
won
regularly
and
invested
that
,
too
.
Ward
Smith
had
family
money
;
he
was
a
medical
man
and
scientist
by
choice
.
Smith
is
heir
to
both
of
them
.
"
