This etext was produced from Science Fiction Stories 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
Obvious punctuation errors have been repaired.
page 17 original: on the mantel: a midle-aged woman and two young men
replacement: on the mantel: a middle-aged woman and two young men
page 20 original: inpulses corresponding to your reactions of hate, fear, and disgust into
replacement: impulses corresponding to your reactions of hate, fear, and disgust into
page 25 original: Another woman? Or merely to be reconciled, artifically, to an otherwise- intolerable situation?
replacement: Another woman? Or merely to be reconciled, artificially, to an otherwise- intolerable situation?
page 26 original: "As even, as we'll ever get, I suppose," said Fraser.
"Well, I was interested," said Fraser.