And I shall hold you to your bargain.

You must help the Company first.

FIRST--d'you understand ?" "I understand." It was Jaimihr's turn now to lay the law down.

She had let him see her eagerness to gain his aid for the Company, and he saw the weakness of her case in an instant.

He knew very well, too, that no woman of her breed would have thought of consenting to marry him unless her hand was forced.