Sanine

Von Deitz laughed loudly.

"What an original idea!" he exclaimed.

Yourii did not reply. His anger had subsided, and he felt almost

pleased, though it irked him to think that he had got the worst of it,

and would not admit this.

"Such a state of things might be somewhat too primitive," added Von

Deitz sententiously.

"Then, you had rather that it were complicated and obscure?" asked

Sanine.

Von Deitz shrugged his shoulders, lost in thought.