"And mine, too, darling," he said. "I want you to analyze a dream," McPartland said firmly. "I keep seeing a little asteroid--one I explored when I had a one-man Patrol scout, way back. I keep seeing it with an atmosphere unit installed, and a Terra-gravity unit. There's a house, and a beautiful woman with red-gold hair and gorgeous eyes, and a little boy named Patrick, and a little girl named Kathleen." He paused, watching her eyes as the puzzlement was replaced by understanding. "What do you suppose the dream means?" he asked. "Tell me more about it, Jon," Almira asked softly. End of Project Gutenberg's Battlefield in Black, by George A. Whittington