 Why was the Stortulian so upset?
The aliens came in every shape and form, in all colors and textures—and all of them eager for a Corrigan contract. We had saturated MacTavish IV with our promotional poop for a month preceding arrival. He was followed by a roly-poly blue-skinned humanoid from Donovan's Planet, four feet high and five hundred pounds heavy. It was the isolationism of the late 29th century that turned me into the successful proprietor of Corrigan's Institute, after some years as an impoverished carnival man in the Betelgeuse system. Before then, anyone could visit Earth. At the same time, we had turned away a dozen ursinoids, fifty of the reptilian natives of Ghryne, seven Sirian spiders, and no less than nineteen chlorine-breathing Procyonites wearing gas masks.
 he'd never see his wife again without this man's help
 he really needed the job because he was out of money  he was too proud to go back home without what he wanted  he knew his wife wanted to come back but couldn't  he'd never see his wife again without this man's help