Well, there was only one way to beat that, and that was to call the Department of Safety himself and, somehow, get the Chief Provost on the screen-after that he would play by ear. Sometime later they were talking as chummily as if the Colonel's chain had not obstructed the Moon venture since its inception. Oh- Jake shut up, for he knew Weinstein knew as little as he did. Just give the other fellow a little consideration, and you'll get along all right.
But the man's personality was powerful, his years gave him prestige, and his slightly archaic way of speaking added to his patriarchal authority; nobody argued. I may even have to make a dead-stick landing. Refer him-and get me Davidson. Don't you see it? That pile has got to be disassembled at once! Take it easy, Captain.
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