"You'll forget that. Did you know that they're going to present you with your starred nebulae tonight?"
"Are they?"
"Yes. Laura Greggor will be there, too. Are you going to offer her the chance?"
"Might as well," said Guy.
Kane looked at the younger man sharply. "You lost more than friendship out there on Mephisto," said Kane. "You lost more than your fellow men."
"You mean Joan Forbes?"
"Yes."
Guy nodded slowly. "I curse myself that I didn't realize her affection sooner. I'd have had her now if I'd not been so accursedly blind."
"No, you're wrong," said Kane. "Forbes would have followed you out there anyway. Nothing would have changed, excepting that Joan could have eased your worry some. Call her Joan Forbes or Mrs. Guy Maynard, and you would have found her out there on Mephisto III."