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"

Thank

you

,

sir

.

I

associate

only

with

ladies

;

I

see

that

you

know

it

.

The

third

incentive

is

a

most

female

one

.

A

sweet

young

girl

can

,

and

sometimes

does

,

take

an

old

wreck

to

bed

because

she

is

fond

of

him

and

sorry

for

him

and

wishes

to

make

him

happy

.

Would

that

reason

apply

here

?

"

"

Uh

?

yes

,

Jubal

,

I

think

it

might

.

With

all

four

of

them

.

"

"

I

think

it

might

,

too

.

Although

I

’

d

hate

like

hell

to

have

any

of

them

sorry

for

me

.

But

this

third

reason

which

any

of

these

four

ladies

might

find

sufficient

motivation

is

not

sufficient

motivation

for

me

.

I

wouldn

’

t

put

up

with

it

.

I

have

my

dignity

,

sir

–

and

I

hope

that

I

retain

my

reason

long

enough

to

extinguish

myself

if

it

ever

appears

about

to

slip

.

So

please

take

my

name

off

the

list

.

"

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Caxton

grinned

.

"

Okay

–

you

stiff

-

necked

old

coot

.

I

just

hope

that

when

I

am

your

age

I

won

’

t

be

so

all

-

fired

hard

to

tempt

.

"

Jubal

smiled

.

"

Believe

me

,

it

’

s

better

to

be

tempted

and

resist

,

than

not

to

resist

and

be

disappointed

.

Now

about

Duke

and

Larry

:

I

don

’

t

know

nor

care

.

Whenever

anyone

has

come

here

,

to

work

and

live

as

a

member

of

the

family

,

I

have

made

it

bluntly

plain

that

this

was

neither

a

sweat

shop

nor

a

whore

house

,

but

a

home

?

and

,

as

such

,

it

combined

anarchy

and

tyranny

without

a

trace

of

democracy

,

as

in

any

well

-

run

family

,

i

.

e

.

,

that

they

were

utterly

on

their

own

except

where

I

saw

fit

to

give

orders

,

which

orders

were

not

subject

to

vote

or

debate

.

My

tyranny

has

never

extended

to

their

love

life

,

if

any

.

All

the

kids

who

live

here

have

always

chosen

to

keep

their

private

matters

reasonably

private

.

At

least

-

"

Jubal

smiled

ruefully

.

"

-

until

the

Martian

influence

caused

things

to

get

a

little

out

of

hand

?

which

includes

you

,

too

,

my

water

brother

.

But

Duke

and

Larry

have

been

more

restrained

,

in

one

sense

or

the

other

.

Perhaps

they

have

been

dragging

the

gals

behind

every

bush

.

If

so

,

I

haven

’

t

seen

it

–

and

there

have

been

no

screams

.

"

Ben

thought

of

adding

a

little

to

Jubal

’

s

store

of

facts

,

decided

against

it

.

"

Then

you

think

it

’

s

Mike

.

"

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Jubal

scowled

.

"

Yep

,

I

think

it

’

s

Mike

.

That

part

’

s

all

right

–

I

told

you

the

girls

were

smugly

happy

?

and

I

’

m

not

broke

plus

the

fact

that

I

could

bleed

Mike

for

any

amount

without

telling

the

girls

.

Their

babies

won

’

t

lack

.

But

,

Ben

,

I

’

m

troubled

about

Mike

himself

.

Very

.

"

"

So

am

I

,

Jubal

.

"

"

And

about

Jill

,

too

.

I

should

have

named

Jill

.

"

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