human
I think it's time I went back for her,
gpt
For whom? the kqyres asked; then added hastily,
human
Oh, yes, of course, Lyddy. We'll do that right after we come back from the Vega System. There's a little Earth-type planet out there--
gpt
Mattern interrupted.
human
Now.
gpt
But why the hurry? You've waited so long already--
human
I've waited too long. I'm not young any more.
gpt
Neither is she, observed the kqyres.
human
Perhaps she is too old now, Mattern.
gpt
She can't be too old,
human
She may have married someone else. She may have numerous children clustering about her knee.
gpt
Then I will take her away from her husband and children, Mattern declared.
human
Can you imagine that a little thing like that would stop me?
gpt
She may have lost her beauty, the kqyres said.
human
She may have left Hesperia. She may have suffered a disfiguring accident.