"You should know. You Jursans and your scientific renaissance, your goal of contacting Terra again." He beckoned to Wilkins and the two guards. They ran eagerly across the grass. "You see?" he snorted. "Sometimes I almost wish they would ignore me!" He looked at her and saw the blue eyes achieve their knowing, amused smile once more. "That's right," he said, smiling back. "Now I shall have something to keep my thoughts from becoming dull and bored. A man needs some impossible dream for moments when he wants to relax." Wilkins panted up, trying to look alert and willing. "The unattainable Lady Daphne will accompany us to our capital," said Vyrtl. "Make the necessary arrangements." He enjoyed the way his aide covered up a momentary bewilderment. _No one else will ever, ever understand this_, he thought with an unaccustomed thrill of pleasure and amusement. * * * * *