Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 41 — page 102: what you’re looking at

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THE CENSORS man’s built up one of the best freight lines between here and Mars, and made every dollar the hard way. He’s knocked about and seen life in the space ports, and he’s interest- ing to talk to. And that’s more than I can say about some folk J know.” He looked down at her auburn hair and her smooth shoulders. He supposed he must have loved her once, but it was impossible to recapture any echo of that lost passion. The two of them were stran- gers. No, not strangers; strangers did not hate one another with the persistent hatred of constant proximity. He said: “It’s not my fault I’m Metab-4, so that I can’t get out into space.” “Nobody said it was.” “[T don’t fancy being com- - pared with someone who just happened to be lucky that way ... and unscrupulous in just about every other way. And what I said still goes. If you think he’s so wonderful, get out of here and go to him.” “You can’t act civilised, can you?” she sneered. ““Why don’t you take it easy? Ive never interfered with your 101 behaviour. If you want to get yourself someone interesting” “TI don’t go in for that sort of thing.” She laughed harshly. “You might be a lot more interest- ing yourself if you did. Any- way, it’s only because you’re too much of a prig. I saw the way you eyed that dark girl.” “The only dark girl there was the daughter of your Martian millionaire.” *“She’s his daughter? How nice. You ought to concen- trate on her. Then you'd have a rich wife and a rich——”’ He slapped her before she could utter another word. “So ?” she said, breathlessly. ““She’s made quite a hit with you, hasn’t she?” “Keep your mouth shut,” he said, hearing the bitterness in- his own voice and hating everything that had put that bitterness there. ““You didn’t buy me. I didn’t marry you for your money and I don’t hang around other women for their money.” “All right, all right,” she said. “But this house was connicloookksacomn)