say anything.
"I learned something in there," Ralph said. "We were like that poorinsane creature in a way. We were too wrapped up in the asteroid and themine. We forgot to live from day to day, to scrape up a few bucks everynow and then maybe and take in a show on Ceres or have a weekend onVesta. What the hell, Di, everybody needs it."
"Yes," she said.
"Di?"
"Yes, Ralph?"
"I--I want to give it another try, if you do."
"The mine?"
"The mine eventually. The mine isn't important. Us, I mean." He paused,his hands still over the controls. "Will it be Mars?"
"No," she said, and sat up and kissed him. "A weekend on Vesta soundsvery nice. Very, very nice, darling."
Ralph smiled and punched the controls. Minutes later they had left thesargasso--both sargassos--behind them.
THE END