"Are you feeling better, Bert?"

"Never worse," I told him gloomily. "Why the crape on the victuals? Are they that bad?"

I whipped off the napkin, took one gander at my so-called "lunch," and bleated like a branded sheep.

"Great monsoons of Mars—what the hell is this?"

"Shhh!" hushed Enderby. "Poached eggs, Sparks."

"I can see them!" I hollered. I stared at the pair of baleful, golden horrors-on-toast. "And they can see me, too! Take 'em away!"


"I can see them!" I hollered. I stared at the pair of baleful golden horrors-on-toast. "And they can see me, too!"