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He looked at her questioningly; she shrugged and went on: "We aren't what you'd call a happy family. She's been trying to make me marry an old goat of a prince and I finally told her to go roll her hoop  to get a divorce and marry the foul old beast herself. HE LOOKED AT HER QUESTIONINGLY SHE SHRUGGED AND WENT ON WE AREN'T WHAT YOU'D CALL A HAPPY FAMILY SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO MAKE ME MARRY AN OLD GOAT OF A PRINCE AND I FINALLY TOLD HER TO GO ROLL HER HOOP TO GET A DIVORCE AND MARRY THE FOUL OLD BEAST HERSELF
 absolutely perfect." "Me, too. How soon can we get married?" "I'd say right now, except...." She caught her lower lip between her teeth and thought. "No, no 'except'. Right now, or as soon as you can. You can't, without resigning, can you? They'd fire you?" "Don't worry about that," he grinned. "My record is good enough, I think, to get a good ground job. Even if they fire me for not waiting until we ground, there's lots of jobs. I can support you, sweetheart." "Oh, I know you can. I wasn't thinking of _that_. You wouldn't _like_ a ground job." "What difference does that make?" he asked, in honest surprise. "A man grows up. I couldn't have you with me in space, and I'd like that a lot less. No, I'm done with space, as of now. But what was that 'except' business?" * * * * * "I thought at first I'd tell my parents first--they're both aboard--but I decided not to. She'd scream bloody murder and he'd roar like a lion and none of it would make me change my mind, so we'll get married first. TERRIBLE OUTRAGEOUS A BETRAYAL OF THE WHOLE OFFICER CAST BUT TO ME IT MAKES EVERYTHING JUST ABSOLUTELY PERFECT ME TOO HOW SOON CAN WE GET MARRIED I'D SAY RIGHT NOW EXCEPT SHE CAUGHT HER LOWER LIP BETWEEN HER TEETH IN THOUGHT NO NO EXCEPT RIGHT NOW AS SOON AS YOU CAN YOU CAN'T WITHOUT RESIGNING CAN YOU THEY'D FIRE YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT HE GRINNED MY RECORD IS GOOD ENOUGH I THINK TO GET A GOOD GROUND JOB EVEN IF THEY FIRE ME FOR NOT WAITING UNTIL WE GROUND THERE'S LOTS OF JOBS I CAN SUPPORT YOU SWEETHEART OH I KNOW YOU CAN I WASN'T THINKING OF THAT YOU WOULDN'T LIKE A GROUND JOB DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE HE ASKED IN HONEST SURPRISE A MAN GROWS UP I COULDN'T HAVE YOU WITH ME IN SPACE AND I'D LIKE THAT A LOT LESS NO I'M DONE WITH SPACE AS OF NOW BUT WHAT WAS THAT EXCEPT BUSINESS I THOUGHT AT FIRST I'D TELL MY PARENTS FIRST THEY'RE BOTH ABOARD BUT I DECIDED NOT TO SHE'D SCREAM BLOODY MURDER AND HE'D ROAR LIKE A LION AND NONE OF IT WOULD MAKE ME CHANGE MY MIND SO WE'LL GET MARRIED FIRST
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