Then there was nothing more to do. In overdrive travel there is never anything to do but pass the time away.
Murgatroyd took his right-hand whiskers in his right paw and licked them elaborately. He did the same to his left-hand whiskers. He contemplated the cabin, deciding upon a soft place in which to go to sleep.
"Murgatroyd," said Calhoun severely, "I have to have an argument with you! You imitate us humans too much! Kim Walpole caught you prowling around with an injector, starting to give our prisoners another shot of polysulfate! It might have killed them! Personally, I think it would have been a good idea, but in a medical man it would have been most unethical. We professional men have to curb our impulses! Understand?"
"Chee!" said Murgatroyd. He curled up and wrapped his tail meticulously about his nose, preparing to doze.
Calhoun settled himself comfortably in his bunk. He picked up a book. It was Fitzgerald on "Probability and Human Conduct."
He began to read as the ship went on through emptiness.
THE END