"I wasn't thinking of that. I'd something more in mind. I--rather like your sister. She's pretty wonderful. But there are some other women here in the colony, too. About a dozen all told. As a matter of self-respect I think we ought to get them away on the Survey ship. I agree that they wouldn't consent to go. But if they had no choice--if we could get them on board the grounded ship, and they suddenly found themselves--well--kidnapped and outward-bound not by their own fault.... They could be faced with the accomplished fact that they had to go on living." Herndon said evenly: "That's been in the back of my mind for some time. Yes, I'm for that. But if the Survey ship can't land--" "I believe I can land it regardless," said Bordman. "I can find out, anyhow. I'll need to try things. I'll need help. But I want your promise that if I can get the ship to ground you'll conspire with her skipper and arrange for them to go on living." Herndon looked at him. "Some new stuff, in a way," said Bordman uncomfortably. "I'll have to stay aground to work it. It's also part of the bargain that I shall. And of course your sister can't know about it, or she can't be fooled into living." Herndon's expression changed a little. "What'll you do? Of course it's a bargain." "I'll need some metals we haven't smelted so far," said Bordman. "Potassium if I can get it, sodium if I can't, and at worst I'll settle for zinc. Cesium would be best, but we've found no traces of it." Herndon said thoughtfully: "No-o-o. I think I can get you sodium and potassium, from rocks. I'm afraid no zinc. How much?" "Grams," said Bordman. "Trivial quantities. And I'll need a miniature landing-grid built. Very miniature." Herndon shrugged his shoulders. "It's over my head. But just to have work to do will be good for everybody. We've been feeling more frustrated here than any other humans in history. I'll go round up the men who'll do the work. You talk to them." The door closed behind him. Bordman got out of his cold-clothing. He thought, _She'll rage when she finds her brother and I have deceived her._ Then he thought of the other women. _If any of them are married, we'll have to see if there's room for their husbands. I'll have to dress up the idea. Make it look like reason for hope, or the women would find out. But not many can go...._ He knew roughly how many extra passengers could be carried on a Survey ship, even in such an emergency as this. Living-quarters were not luxurious, at best. Everything was cramped and skimped. Survey ships were rugged, tiny vessels which performed their duties amid tedium and discomfort and peril for all on board. But one of them could carry away a very few unwilling refugees to Kent IV. He settled down at Herndon's desk to work out the thing to be done.