THE GIRL DID NOT ANSWER then and a hushed expectancy fell over the ship. Somewhere aft a small motor was running. Wind whistled past the open lock.
“I’ve caused plenty of trouble haven’t I?” she asked aloud, finally. “This was certainly a fool stunt, and I’m guilty of a lot of fool stunts! I just didn’t realize until now the why of that law.”
“Don’t talk so much,” the nurse admonished. “A lot of people have found out the why of that law the hard way, just as you are doing, and lived to remember it. Until hospitals are built on this forlorn world, humans like you who haven’t been properly conditioned will have to stay right at home.”
“How about these men that live and work here?”
“They never get here until they’ve been through the mill first. Adenoids, appendix’, all the extra parts the
