Chapter 44

Drever nodded, and, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, the look of stubborn opposition was gone from his eyes. "I guess you're right, Lieutenant. You can't always tell how the cards will fall." "You can never tell," Corriston said. "And there are some games where the important moves can only be made by just one player, and he usually has to be something of a reckless fool." 22 Corriston left the tractor a hundred and seventy yards from the gate, well hidden behind a hundred foot dune. The other tractors had come to a…