"I think," said Dyann thoughtfully, "ve should go first to Varann."
"Alpha Centauri?" asked Urushkidan. "Nonsense. We are going back at once to Uttu and cibilised society."
"Ve may need help at Sol," said the girl. "Ve have been gone—how long—about two veeks? Much could have happened in that time."
"But—but—it's not practical," objected Ray.
Dyann grinned cheerfully. "And how vill you stop me?"
"Varann—oh, well, I've always wanted to see it anyway."
The Centaurian began casting about, steering by the aspect of the sky. Before many hours, she was slanting in toward a double star with a dim red dwarf in the background. "This is it," she said. "This is it."
"Okay," answered Ray. "Now tell me how you find a planet."
"Hmmm—vell—" Dyann scratched her ruddy head.
Ray began to figure it aloud.