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Blood-pressure and pulse remained normal . The other person in the Med Ship displayed the same symptoms , in prompt and complete repetition , without physical contact . '' He went to sleep , with Murgatroyd curled up in his cubbyhole . The Med Ship broke out of overdrive at 1300 hours , ship time . Calhoun made contact with the grid and was promptly lowered to the ground . It was almost two hours later -- 1500 hours ship-time -- when the people of Dara were informed by broadcast that Calhoun was publicly to be executed ; immediately . From the viewpoint of Darians , the decision of Calhoun 's guilt and the decision to execute him were reasonable enough .