"'Taraza told you, did she not, that we have gone through eleven of these Duncan Idaho gholas? This one is the twelfth.'
The old Reverend Mother Schwangyu spoke with delicate bitterness as she looked down from the third-story parapet at the lone child playing on the enclosed lawn. The planet Gammu's bright midday sunlight bounced off the white courtyard walls filling the area beneath them with brilliance as though a spotlight had been directed onto the young ghola.
Gone through! the Reverend Mother Lucilla thought. She allowed herself a short nod, thinking how coldly impersonal were Schwangyu's manner and choice of words. We have used up our supply; send us more!" Page 9.

"'Study your lessons. All will be made clear to you in time.'
"Shut up and study!' Another familiar answer.
He obeyed because he had learned to recognize when the doors were closed on...