planets--four, if you call the stuff they serve you on Uranus food--and it's my opinion that there isn't a better cook anywhere in the system than you. Fact. How do you do it, anyhow?"
Amy Dinsmore lowered her eyes. She could feel herself blushing through her cosmi-lac. "Oh ... thank you, Robert."
"She sure is, Bob," Hjalmar Bjornson said expansively. "That gravy! She's the best cook on Terra all the time, but when you're in port she gets sort of inspired."
"What kind of meat is this, though, Amy? And could I have some more?"
"Of course," Amy said. She refilled Hjamar's plate. "It's something new I found in the big auto-market in the city," she said vaguely.
"By the way, Aunt Amy," Bob said, laying down his fork, "after I sent you that plant I heard it was supposed to be carnivorous. I forgot to mention it in my last 'gram. You didn't get into any trouble with it, did you?"
"No, it died," Amy said smoothly. "I had to throw it out. Too bad." She brightened. "Pass your plate, Robert dear," she said.If an individual Project Gutenberg™ electronic work is posted with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked to the Project Gutenberg™ License for all works posted with the permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work.
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