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"Play it my way and we've got it made, I tell you!" Newman pounded the table with his fist. PLAY IT MY WAY AND WE'VE GOT IT MADE I TELL YOU NEWMAN POUNDED THE TABLE WITH HIS FIST
 of time. Eleven months in deep space is a fearfully, a tremendously long time. "Morning," "afternoon," "evening," and "night" were, of course, purely conventional terms. The twenty-four-hour "day" measured off by the brute-force machine that was their masterclock carried no guarantee, expressed or implied, as to either accuracy or uniformity. One evening, then, four hard-faced men sat at two small tables in the main room of Lifecraft Three. Two of them, Ferdy Blaine and Moose Mordan, were playing cards for small stakes. Ferdy was of medium size; compact rather than slender; built of rawhide and spring steel. Lithe and poised, he was the epitome of leashed and controlled action. Moose was six-feet-four and weighed a good two-forty--stolid, massive, solid. Ferdy and Moose; a tiger and an elephant; both owned _in fee simple_ by Vincent Lopresto. The two at the other table had been planning for days. They had had many vitriolic arguments, but neither had made any motion toward his weapon. URS HE PLEASED BUT HE DIDN'T THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME ELEVEN MONTHS IN DEEP SPACE IS A FEARFULLY A TREMENDOUSLY LONG TIME MORNING AFTERNOON EVENING AND NIGHT WERE OF COURSE PURELY CONVENTIONAL TERMS THE TWENTY FOUR HOUR DAY MEASURED OFF BY THE BRUTE FORCE MACHINE THAT WAS THEIR MASTERCLOCK CARRIED NO GUARANTEE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO EITHER ACCURACY OR UNIFORMITY ONE EVENING THEN FOUR HARD FACED MEN SAT AT TWO SMALL TABLES IN THE MAIN ROOM OF LIFECRAFT THREE TWO OF THEM FERDY BLAINE AND MOOSE MORDAN WERE PLAYING CARDS FOR SMALL STAKES FERDY WAS OF MEDIUM SIZE COMPACT RATHER THAN SLENDER BUILT OF RAWHIDE AND SPRING STEEL LITHE AND POISED HE WAS THE EPITOME OF LEASHED AND CONTROLLED ACTION MOOSE WAS SIX FEET FOUR AND WEIGHED A GOOD TWO FORTY STOLID MASSIVE SOLID FERDY AND MOOSE A TIGER AND AN ELEPHANT BOTH OWNED IN FEE SIMPLE BY VINCENT LOPRESTO THE TWO AT THE OTHER TABLE HAD BEEN PLANNING FOR DAYS THEY HAD HAD MANY VITRIOLIC ARGUMENTS BUT NEITHER HAD MADE ANY MOTION TOWARD HIS WEAPON
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