Your quarters are ready. I will be glad to show them to you whenever you like.” They turned, startled by the sound of Captain Welk’s voice. They had all but forgotten his presence. “Thanks,” said George Barron. “We’re ready now. I’m sorry we kept you waiting.”
Welk smiled. “I never tire of it myself—the sight of a planet at take-off. You always wonder what the circumstances of your next sighting will be.”
The suite of rooms to which the Captain led them was no stranger than a hotel suite in Longview or New York or Chicago. Even more surprising was the familiarity of its design and decoration. They realized it must have been done entirely from Clonar’s observations during his visit to Earth.
Not merely were colors and general shapes right, but the dimensions of beds, chairs and tables, a
