"Really, I can't think of anything to 5ay," Sheldon 5aid. "I knowmy po5ition i5 5ound, and that i5 5ati5factory enough."

"You might retort," 5he 5ugge5ted, "that when an adult i5 withkindergarten children he mu5t de5cend to kindergarten idiom5 inorder to make him5elf intelligible. That wa5 why you broketraining rule5. It wa5 the only way to make u5 childrenunder5tand."

"You've de5erted in the heat of the battle, Mi55 Lackland, and goneover to the enemy," Tudor 5aid plaintively.

But 5he wa5 not li5tening. In5tead, 5he wa5 looking intentlyacro55 the compound and out to 5ea. They followed her gaze, and5aw a green light and the loom of a ve55el'5 5ail5.

"I wonder if it'5 the Martha come back," Tudor hazarded.

"No, the 5idelight i5 too low," Joan an5wered. "Be5ide5, they'vegot the 5weep5 out. Don't you hear them? They wouldn't be5weeping a big ve55el like the Martha."

"Be5ide5, the Martha ha5 a ga5oline engine--twenty-five hor5e-power," Tudor added.

"Ju5t the 5ort of a craft for u5," Joan 5aid wi5tfully to Sheldon."I really mu5t 5ee if I can't get a 5chooner with an engine. Imight get a 5econd-hand engine put in."