Messing about on space ships
“On reflection I think Sergeant Irving can survive without an apology. I can foresee that apologizing for something he -”
“- she -”
“- she knew nothing about will cause more problems than it will solve.”
Hazzelelponi nodded.
“And then, after all these apologies, we can sit down and have a nice little chat about your hobbies during the remainder of the trip. Chess, perhaps, or knitting, or cutting silhouettes, or croquet. We need to think about it.”
“Croquet?”
“As I said, it needs a bit of thinking about.”
(Sevenpence's Son)
