"I realize I'm much earlier than you expected, Major. You did a very
neat job of camouflaging your takeoff ... we were almost fooled ... and
no doubt the dummy ship you sent off later got full fanfare. I suppose
there will be a dozen Patrol ships converging on this spot in a few
hours, expecting to surprise a Jupiter Equilateral ship making a
desperate attempt to hijack your little treasure here."
The little fat man laughed cheerfully. "Unfortunately for you," he
added, "we have many friends on Mars ... including a man in the Map
room ... and I'm afraid your little trap isn't going to work after all."