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Her skin, what could be seen of it  she was wearing breeches and a long sleeved shirt  was lightly tanned. She was only about five feet three, and her build was not spectacular. However, every ounce of her one hundred fifteen pounds was exactly where it should have been. HER SKIN WHAT COULD BE SEEN OF IT SHE WAS WEARING BREECHES AND A LONG SLEEVED SHIRT WAS LIGHTLY TANNED SHE WAS ONLY ABOUT FIVE FEET THREE AND HER BUILD WAS NOT SPECTACULAR HOWEVER EVERY OUNCE OF HER ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN POUNDS WAS EXACTLY WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
 as one, in the skillfully-modulated voice of the trained announcer. "This is the fourth and last cautionary announcement. Any who are not seated will seat themselves at once. Prepare for take-off acceleration of one and one-half gravities; that is, everyone will weigh one-half again as much as his normal Earth weight for about fifteen minutes. We lift in twenty seconds; I will count down the final five seconds.... Five ... Four ... Three ... Two ... One ... Lift!" [1] Transcriber's Note: The original read "will pay attention, please?" [Illustration] The immense vessel rose from her berth; slowly at first, but with ever-increasing velocity; and in the main lounge, where many of the passengers had gathered to watch the dwindling Earth, no one moved for the first five minutes. Then a girl stood up. She was not a startlingly beautiful girl; no more so than can be seen fairly often, of a summer afternoon, on Seaside Beach. Her hair was an artificial yellow. Her eyes were a deep, cool blue. TEN BACK TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED ALL PASSENGERS WILL YOU PAY ATTENTION PLEASE ALL THE HIGH FIDELITY SPEAKERS OF THE STARSHIP PROCYON SPOKE AS ONE IN THE SKILFULLY MODULATED VOICE OF THE TRAINED ANNOUNCER THIS IS THE FOURTH AND LAST CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT ANY WHO ARE NOT SEATED WILL SEAT THEMSELVES AT ONCE PREPARE FOR TAKE OFF ACCELERATION OF ONE AND ONE HALF GRAVITIES THAT IS EVERYONE WILL WEIGH ONE HALF AGAIN AS MUCH AS HIS NORMAL EARTH WEIGHT FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES WE LIVED IN TWENTY SECONDS I WILL COUNT DOWN THE FINAL FIVE SECONDS FIVE FOUR THREE TWO ONE LIFT THE IMMENSE VESSEL ROSE FROM HER BERTH SLOWLY AT FIRST BUT WITH EVER INCREASING VELOCITY AND IN THE MAIN LOUNGE WHERE MANY OF THE PASSENGERS HAD GATHERED TO WATCH THE DWINDLING EARTH NO ONE MOVED FOR THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES THEN A GIRL STOOD UP SHE WAS NOT A STARTLINGLY BEAUTIFUL GIRL NO MORE THAN CAN BE SEEN FAIRLY OFTEN OF A SUMMER AFTERNOON ON SEASIDE BEACH HER HAIR WAS AN ARTIFICIAL YELLOW HER EYES WERE A DEEP COOL BLUE
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