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The trade worlds would hire twice as many T'swa regiments ifthey were available. That's in our presentquadrangle, coordinates X:2213, Y:1797. The road passed through intermittent farmlands the last few miles,emerging finally from a short stretch of swamp forest to enter continuousfields. The comment hardly rated an answer, so the sergeant major said nothingfor several long seconds, waiting.

But there is another possibility, letme say probability. All the technite worlds lie within atwo-parsec-wide corridor, and Tyss is nowhere near it. No pay record! Have either ofyou ever been paid? Both indicated they hadn't. Colonel, sir, the driver said, that area is unofficially reserved forassigned vehicles, sir.