No Charge for AlterationsGold, H. L. (Horace Leonard)
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No Charge for Alterations
Gold, H. L. (Horace Leonard)
Physicians -- Fiction; Science fiction; Space colonies -- Fiction
"But all I want are a few changes in her. She's as high as a space pilot
now. It would be a cinch to--"
Dr. Lowell flung down the towel and gave him an outraged glare. "There's
such a thing as professional ethics, Dr. Kalmar!"
"But you--"
"That's different. It was a social decision, not a selfish one. If you
ask her and she agrees, that's up to her. But you can't take advantage
of her in an egocentric, arbitrary way. You just try it and I'll have
you sent back to Earth."
Dr. Kalmar felt his knees grow weak in alarm. "No, no. It's not that
important. Just an insignificant kind of wish."
And it was, he discovered when they went out to the waiting room. Unused
to jags, Mrs. Kalmar was more affectionate than she'd been since they
were first married; he'd have to remember to go on them periodically
with her. Miss Dupont, unwilling to budge out of Dr. Hoyt's tight arms,
had glassily joyous eyes. Dr. Hoyt didn't let her go until he caught
sight of Dr. Kalmar.
"Greatest doctor I ever met," he said enthusiastically. "Won'ful planet,
Deneb. Just wanna marry Miss Dupont, stay here and learn at your feet.
Okay?"
Dr. Kalmar's glance at the old man was no less worshipful. "It couldn't
be okayer," he said.
End of Project Gutenberg's No Charge for Alterations, by Horace Leonard Gold
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