"Something must not," laughed Hammond shakily.
"Telfu?" asked Timkins entering with the last sigma curve.
"What does it say?"
"We passed through a negative peak. We hit a new low in efficiency at
conjunction with Telfu."
"How much?"
"Less than a half percent."
"Jeepers. That is a new low in gravitics. Can we think our way out of
this one?"
"Why?"
"As much as I dislike seeing Drake, I'd not force her to live on an
alien planet. I'd feel better at marooning her for a couple of years if
I knew we could go in and get her."