The Ignoble Savages
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Evelyn E. Smith
Evelyn E. Smith (25 July 1922 – 4 July 2000) was an American writer of science fiction and mysteries, as well as a compiler of crossword puzzles.
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The Ignoble Savages - Evelyn E. Smith
The Ignoble Savages
By Evelyn E. Smith
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Snaddra had but one choice in its fight to afford to live belowground— underhandedly pretend theirs was an aboveboard society!
*
Go Away from me, Skkiru,
Larhgan said, pushing his hand off her arm. A beggar does not associate with the high priestess of Snaddra.
But the Earthmen aren’t due for another fifteen minutes,
Skkiru protested.
Of what importance are fifteen minutes compared to eternity!
she exclaimed. Her lovely eyes fuzzed softly with emotion. You don’t seem to realize, Skkiru, that this isn’t just a matter of minutes or hours. It’s forever.
Forever!
He looked at her incredulously. You mean we’re going to keep this up as a permanent thing? You’re joking!
Bbulas groaned, but Skkiru didn’t care about that. The sad, sweet way Larhgan shook her beautiful head disturbed him much more, and when she said, No, Skkiru, I am not joking,
a tiny pang of doubt and apprehension began to quiver in his second smallest left toe.
This is, in effect, good-by,
she continued. We shall see each other again, of course, but only from a distance. On feast days, perhaps you may be permitted to kiss the hem of my robe ... but that will be all.
Skkiru turned to the third person present in the council chamber. Bbulas, this is your fault! It was all your idea!
There was regret on the Dilettante’s thin face—an obviously insincere regret, the younger man knew, since he was well aware how Bbulas had always felt about the girl.
I am sorry, Skkiru,
Bbulas intoned. I had fancied you understood. This is not a game we are playing, but a new way of life we are adopting. A necessary way of life, if we of Snaddra are to keep on living at all.
It’s not that I don’t love you, Skkiru,
Larhgan put in gently, but the welfare of our planet comes first.
*
She had been seeing too many of the Terrestrial fictapes from the library, Skkiru thought resentfully. There was too damn much Terran influence on this planet. And this new project was the last straw.
No longer able to control his rage and grief, he turned a triple somersault in the air with rage. Then why was I made a beggar and she the high priestess? You arranged that purposely, Bbulas. You—
Now, Skkiru,
Bbulas said wearily, for they had been through all this before, you know that all the ranks and positions were distributed by impartial lot, except for mine, and, of course, such jobs as could carry over from the civilized into the primitive.
Bbulas breathed on the spectacles he was wearing, as contact lenses were not considered backward enough for the kind of planet Snaddra was now supposed to be, and attempted to wipe them dry on his robe. However, the thick, jewel-studded embroidery got in his way and so he was forced