《Grimes 002 To Prime the Pump 》作者：- A. Bertram Chandler 【EPUB】

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TO PRIME THE PUMP A. Bertram Chandler THE GIRL LAY SPREAD-EAGLED ON THE ALTAR . . . "The white goat!" they shouted . . . "The goat without horns . . ." Two men set the animal down on the girl's naked body, its back to her breasts and belly, its head between her legs. The drums throbbed softly, insistently. The priest's knife swept down; the animal's cries ceased in mid-bleat, although its now released limbs kicked spasmodically. The girl, free herself from restraining hands, held the dying body to her. Chapter 1 Grimes-Lieutenant John Grimes, Federation Survey Service, to give him his full name and title- had the watch. Slowly, careful not to break the contact of the magnetized soles of his shoes with the deck, he shuffled backwards and forwards in the narrow confines of the control room. Captain Daintree, commanding officer of the cruiser Aries, was a martinet, and one of the