Thirty guests sat down to the banquet that Governor Kleinhans gave towelcome his successor. Heglanced back to make certain they were following him, then hurriedalong. Sir Francis turned his attention eagerly to thecanvas bag and dumped its contents on the desk. You would tell no one? he whispered.
Suddenly he heard an alien sound and, for a moment, thought that itcame from the ship. They threw themselves at the narrow opening and squeezedin, between the two men already there. She straightened up, wheeled the stallion away and went upthe cliff path. They were crowded with wildly yellingseamen, their weapons glinting in the morning light.
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