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Mr. Caxton was such an impatient, ill-tempered man it was surprising that the children cared to talk to him at all. It was even more surprising that the parents of Peter and Susan Ashley should have gone exploring in the trackless Martian desert, and left Mr. Caxton in charge.
Peter was ten, and Susan was eight, and even on Earth the Mr. Caxtons of this world make very poor companions for the young.