you know, the automatically cultivated ten-acre stunt I’ve been frivoling with. A lot of changes have been made that have been waiting a week for me to see tried out. I’ve been too busy. And after that, I’m going to take him over the colony — what do you think? — five additions the last week.”

“I thought the membership was full,” Paula said.

“It was, and still is,” Dick beamed. “But these are babies. And the least hopeful of the families had the rashness to have twins.”

“A lot of wiseacres are shaking their heads over that experiment of yours, and I make free to say that I am merely holding my judgment — you’ve got to show me by bookkeeping,” Colonel Stoddard