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Presently he observed that Keith and his companions were clothed and
occupied in dragging things out of the preposterous food-receptacle.
They called up to him. The spell was released.
He descended.
"Nice bathe?" he enquired.
"Rather! And now these fellows will make a passable omelette, to begin
with. I don't fancy cold luncheons, do you? They seem to lie dead on
one's stomach."
"Are those sailors not coming with us?"
"No. They are well paid for their work. No doubt they would like to be
in my service too. But I never employ islanders, except for casual
jobs; it saves me all kinds of local trouble and family intrigues. Nor
yet older people. They are so apt to think; and once a servant begins
to think he ceases to be of use. I believe in the outsider, for all
purposes of human intercourse. If you want a thing done, go to the
outsider, the intelligent amateur. And when you marry, Heard, be sure
to select a wife from another class, another province, another
country--another planet, if possible.


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