"Take good care of that ship," Tommy told Gary. Gary slapped him on the arm.
"I'll bring it back to you," he said.
"Well be waiting for you," Kingsley rumbled.
"Hell," moaned Herb, "I never get to have any fun. Here you and Caroline are going out there to the Earth and I got to stay behind.”
"Listen," said Gary savagely, "there's no use in risking all our lives.
Caroline's going because she may be the only one who could understand what the old Earth people can tell us, and I'm going because I play a better hand of poker. I beat you all, fair and square.”
"I was a sucker," mourned Herb. "I should have known you'd have an ace in the hole. You always got an ace in the hole.”
Tommy grinned.
"I got a lousy band," he said. "We should have played more than just one band.”
"It was one way of deciding it," said Gary. "We all wanted to go, so we played one hand of poker. We couldn't waste time for more. I won. What more do you want?”