"And what of you, Nathan? Your father's murder is avenged. Will you return to Venus?" She was trying to smile, but Nathan turned and saw the smile waver on her lips, and his heart beat harder because he thought he knew why it wavered. There was in her mind the vision of endless centuries with no one to share her secret, no one to love--except the cold Jewel Being from Plar. Nathan touched her hand. "I suppose I'll go back to Venus now and then. But there's somewhere else I must go first." "Where?" "To the Pool of Luline. Do you think I'm going to let you live the rest of that thousand years alone?" End of Project Gutenberg's The Seven Jewels of Chamar, by Raymond F. Jones