Space Opera
““I dislike to impute malevolence to anyone, and somehow I cannot read animus into that terrible set of circumstances.”
“Probably not,” said Bernard Bickel wanly. “A misunderstanding, more than likely … Faulty communication. What a farcical chap, that Litchley! Utterly incompetent!”
“I am inclined to agree with you,” said Dame Isabel. “Only a completely inept person could have mistranslated ‘performance’ for ‘ordeal’; or ‘invitation’ for ‘challenge’.”
“To do the fellow justice,” mused Bernard Bi...ckel, “he frankly admitted his shakiness in the language. And it sounded like nothing else than a herd of dying sheep.”
Captain Gondar had entered the saloon; now he joined them. He was not looking well; there were dark shadows under his eyes, and his normally sallow skin showed a yellowish undertone. Perhaps not too tactfully, Dame Isabel commented upon his appearance. “You should take more exercise, Captain Gondar. Even in this age of biological miracles, we must cooperate by keeping the blood flowing in our veins.”MoreLess
“Probably not,” said Bernard Bickel wanly. “A misunderstanding, more than likely … Faulty communication. What a farcical chap, that Litchley! Utterly incompetent!”
“I am inclined to agree with you,” said Dame Isabel. “Only a completely inept person could have mistranslated ‘performance’ for ‘ordeal’; or ‘invitation’ for ‘challenge’.”
“To do the fellow justice,” mused Bernard Bi...ckel, “he frankly admitted his shakiness in the language. And it sounded like nothing else than a herd of dying sheep.”
Captain Gondar had entered the saloon; now he joined them. He was not looking well; there were dark shadows under his eyes, and his normally sallow skin showed a yellowish undertone. Perhaps not too tactfully, Dame Isabel commented upon his appearance. “You should take more exercise, Captain Gondar. Even in this age of biological miracles, we must cooperate by keeping the blood flowing in our veins.”MoreLess
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