James H. Schmitz by The Universe Against Her
Author:The Universe Against Her [Her, The Universe Against]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-08-26T11:49:02+00:00
Now, of course, that might change to some extent. As Gilas had implied, they couldn't risk holding back information from the detectives he was employing because what they withheld might turn out to have been exactly the information the detectives had needed. If they were as discreet as Gilas thought, it probably wouldn't matter much.
Telzey twisted her mouth doubtfully, staring at the thin,
smoky lines of air traffic converging far ahead of Orado
City____
Probably, it wouldn'tl
IX
Several hours after Telzey's departure, Pehanron College's buildings and grounds, spreading up the sun-soaked hills above the residential town of Beale, were still unusually quiet.
Almost half the student body was struggling with midsummer examinations, and a good proportion of those who had finished had obtained permission to get off to an early start for the holidays. The carports extending, along the backs of the student courts showed a correspondingly large number of vacancies, though enough gleaming vehicles remained to have supplied the exhibits for the average aircar show, a fair percentage running up into the price ranges of small interstellar freighters. Pehanron sometimes was accused of opening its lists only to the sons and daughters of millionaires; and while this wasn't strictly true, the college did scout assiduously for such of them as might be expected to maintain the pace of its rugged curriculum. Pehanron liked to consider itself a select hatchery from which sprang a continuous line of leaders in many fields of achievement, and as a matter of fact, it did turn out more than its share of imposing names.
There was no one in sight in Court Ninety-two when Senior Counselor Eulate turned into it, arriving from the direction of the managerial offices. Miss Eulate was a plump, brisk little woman whose normal expression when she felt
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