=== apom_ch9_pt7 === 

I did not even know that there were any better conditions to escape to, but I was more than willing to take my chances among people fashioned after my own mold rather than to remain longer among the hideous and bloodthirsty green men of Mars.  But where to go, and how, was as much of a puzzle to me as the age old search for the spring of eternal life has been to earthly men since the beginning of time. =
 
I decided that at the first opportunity I would take Sola into my confidence and openly ask her to aid me, and with this resolution strong upon me I turned among my silks and furs and slept the dreamless and refreshing sleep of Mars. = 

=== end of pt7 ===