Frendon

The following morning at nine thirty Commander Frendon suddenly complained of a fever, and said he was going to the hospital.

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"Now then, you may call out the ship's company, Mr. Maise," Frendon said to me.

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Frendon went off to the city that evening, and didn't show up the next day except for about an hour.

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Frendon demanded truculently, his long, skinny frame taut with excitement.

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Frendon leaned forward tensely, then relaxed self-consciously.

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"Certainly," Frendon said, his voice hardly above a whisper.

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That was the introduction of Commander Frendon to the crew.

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Frendon still stood uncertainly, and an unpleasant silence developed.

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It said that Commander Frendon had contracted the spore disease, but that his condition was satisfactory due to the speedy treatment.

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Frendon nodded and jerkily moved to the seat I had vacated.

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