The astrogator snapped, "Take the strobophone sender and call Algol. Tell them—tell them—"
"He'd have killed us all," gasped Ryd, cringing.
He choked off as the astrogator lashed out open-handed, knocking him to the floor. The young man stood for a moment gazing down on him, hands clenched at his sides; then—
"You rat!" he snarled. "You filthy little rat!"
[1][Transcriber's Note: Missing text due to printer's error.]