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There were four different ejaculations, but he went on. "And, in the second place, in spite of his
capable disguise over the past year, Jackie Black is a very masculine character, and I doubt if he'd be
interested in marriage - not to anybody of the male sex."
They were dumb. It was just too much to assimilate.
Doc Thorndon handed an envelope to Commander Gurloff. "Jackie Black thinks you'll be able to use
these documents in your next speech, Mike, You didn't bring home your usual victory, perhaps, but you'll
draw your usual attention!" He rubbed the end of his nose with a forefinger and grinned, cheerfully.
"When he saw what a hornet's nest he'd awakened when he swiped them, he could figure only one way
of avoiding the regiments of police on his trail - he stowed away on a craft scheduled to be off in space
for a year's time. His disguise as a woman went still further in preventing his identity from being guessed."
Gurloff was thumbing through a sheaf of papers in the envelope.
"You mean, that all along h3 planned to hand these over to someone who would expose -"
Doc shrugged. "I don't know Mike. Maybe not. But I think that little story about Robin Hood rather
appealed to him, Besides, was rather persuasive, just before he left the ship."
The Doctor turned to go.
"Just a minute," Gurloff snapped, his face dark. "How long have you known the identity of this - this
criminal, Jackie Black? Just because these papers are now in our possession doesn't mean we can brush
away his existence on my ship for a year. We have a duty to perform. Where is he?"
The doctor allowed himself only the faintest of grins. "As to how long I've known . . . well, I've
suspected for some time, really, that. our Kathy wasn't quite as feminine as she'd like to have us all think.
I -"
Dick Roland, still in a semistate of shock, blurted, "But . . . but . . . Kathy . . . I thought she was so
womanly. So . . ." he reddened again.
The Doctor cleared his throat. "As a matter of fact, my first clue was based on that very factor. In
one of my old books I ran into the slang word, falsies and -"
"The kert with all that," Gurloff blurted, "Where is this criminal? Our duty is still to apprehend him."
The Doc said, "I'm afraid that 'Kathy' was the first man off the ship, Mike. Must have been ten
minutes ago. Seems to me I saw him leave. by way of the torpedo hatch."
Gurloff was weakening, but he grumbled, "Just because he turned these papers over to you doesn't
give him the right to escape the punishment that -"
Doc said patiently, "Good grief, Mike, how sadistic are you? After what that poor man's been
through the last twelve months with this ship full of Romeos, you want to punish him further."
For an instant there was silence; then Mart Bakr grinned ruefully. "I guess you got a point there,
Doc."
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