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Moose was six feet four and weighed a good two forty  stolid, massive, solid. MOOSE WAS SIX FEET FOUR AND WEIGHED A GOOD TWO FORTY STOLID MASSIVE SOLID
 them rather than in the vast and oppressive emptiness that the ship itself now was. And socially, outside of working hours, the two groups did not mix. Clean-up was going nicely, at the union rate of six hours on and eighteen hours off. Deston could have set any hours 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.  BUT THE FIVE AND THE FOUR STILL LIVED IN THEM RATHER THAN IN THE VAST AND OPPRESSIVE EMPTINESS THAT THE SHIP ITSELF NOW WAS AND SOCIALLY OUTSIDE OF WORKING HOURS THE TWO GROUPS DID NOT MIX CLEAN UP WAS GOING NICELY AT THE UNION RATE OF SIX HOURS ON AND EIGHTEEN HOURS OFF DESTON COULD HAVE SET ANY HOURS 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
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