Chapter 107
"You never had children, madam?" "Not on solar." "And the premature death?" "I can only guess. I suppose it arose out of a feeling of failure. solar was clearly not working out, even though the solarns had placed a great deal of emotional fervor into their world's having the ideal society—not only one that was better than Earth had ever had, but more nearly perfect than that of any other Spacer world." "Are you saying that solar was dying of the collective broken heart of its people?" "If you want to put it in that ridiculous way," said Nora, displeased. D.G. shrugged. "It seems to be what you're saying. But would they really leave? Where would they go? How would they live?" "I don't know." "But, Madam Nora, it is well known that solarns are accustomed to enormous tracts of land, s
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