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. It will always get one inside, anywhere."
"You tempt me," I admitted, "as it would be such fun to watch you work it.
But the ploy we use not only has to get us inside, but also must keep us inside
under circumstances in which the bloke will listen to our arguments."
"Dr. Ames."
"Yes, Mrs. Ames?"
"The Manager isn't going to listen to our arguments."
"Please amplify."
"I applauded your decision to go straight to the top because I saw that it
would save time and tears to get all the bad news at once. We have leprosy; what
has already been done to us makes that clear. The Manager intends not merely to
force us to move; he means to kick us right out of Golden Rule. I don't know why
but we don't have to know why-it simply is so. Realizing that, I am relaxed to
it. Once you realize it, too, dear man, we can make plans. To go dirtside, or to
Luna, or to Promised Land, Ell-Four, Ceres, Mars-wherever you wish, beloved.
'Whither thou goest-'"
'To Luna."
"Sir?"
"For now, at least. Luna Free State isn't bad. Currently it is moving from
anarchy to bureaucracy but it is not yet completely musclebound. It still has
quite a lot of freedom for people who know how to deal with it pragmatically.
And there is still elbow room on Luna. And in Luna. Yes, Gwen, we must leave; I
suspected it earlier and know it now. Save for one thing, we could go straight
to the spaceport
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