Mark changed direction, headed in a sweeping parabola back toward Perlac. He avoided Brownell's previous mistake and swung wide of the planet, approaching it from the light side. He landed safely near the city. The others had already missed the ship, and they received him joyously. They left the next day, after a final check-up. Mari had prepared long lists of items for them to bring back to her people. The robot-Ketrik was there too, to bid them bon voyage. Brownell said: "Ketrik, you can reclaim that body of yours. Sure you won't change your mind and go back with us?" Again Ketrik resorted to archaic expression: "Are you kidding?" and he glanced at Mari with his huge robot eyes. They lifted gravs, and not until they were crossing the orbit of Pluto did Brownell remember something. He chuckled, said to Mark: "Suppose Ketrik does transfer again to his body, as he probably will. How's he going to transport it across that heavy gravity?" For a moment Mark was startled. Then he grinned and replied, "Well, don't worry your mind over that. I'll bet you a thousand to one he'll do it! Positively. That man will find a way!" End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Passage to Planet X, by Henry Hasse