I put on a clean shirt and went into the bathroom to wash my face and comb my hair and while drying my face with the towel I heard what sounded like a...low moan from the adjoining bedroom (my home is an older one and two bedrooms share a large bathroom). I opened the door a crack and saw Tom between the legs of the young girl (her name was Tammy) and he was pounding away like there would be no tomorrow. Her legs were up over his shoulders and her high heel clad feet were pointed up at the. Thompson to a small office next to mine. As we walked to my desk, she saw the picture of my wife next to my computer screen. "What a lucky girl." she said. "What? Oh, thank you." I said in a nervous manner. I sat in my chair and looked at my new secretary. She just smiled at me the whole time, waiting for me to say something. "Well, Mr. Smith, what is it that you want me to do. I am ready to do...anything." she winked at me. "Please, Ms. Thompson, call me Xavier." I said. "Of all his dreams, there is the only one that has not been fulfilled. The Rationalist made people realize that the ultimate purpose of the human species is to spread the life of earth throughout the cosmos; that we must grow out into space with at least enough other species to form balanced ecologies, so that even if the earth is destroyed, life will not end. We have life in space stations, on the Moon, on Mars, and on the moons of Mars and Jupiter. But none of it is near self-sustaining, and. “Right, tie him and gag him! Even if he promises to keep quiet. It’s important! For your daughter.Then get across to the stables and tell them to get my horse – I’m Cavendish Young – ready. Tell them Jeb Clinton wants his horse ready too, and a third one. If they ask questions, bluff it. Whatever you want, but be ready with three horses!”She looked at the little gun.“Trust me, if you shoot him, you’ll wish you hadn’t. It will rip him open like a rotten squash. It will also make quite a noise!.