 How does Jerry change from the beginning of the story to the end?
And all they got for their patience was the biggest surprise since David clobbered Goliath. " Let me put it this way," Conners said paternally. One part of his mind wanted him to play it cagey, to behave the way the newspaper wanted him to behave, to protect the cozy Washington assignment he had waited four years to get. "It just seemed strange, all these exchanges of couriers in the past two days. As he walked beside him, he said: "So what really happened, pal? "Ruskin," Jerry said, "you have a low mind. For a week, this town has been acting like the 39 Steps , and all you can think about is dames. They split off a few blocks later, and Jerry walked until he came to the Red Tape Bar & Grill, a favorite hangout of the local journalists. There had been hourly conferences at the White House, flying visits by State Department officials, mysterious conferences involving members of the Science Commission. "But it's not a moon. "A spaceship," Greta said coolly, sipping lemonade. "They have been in contact with it now for about three days, and they're thinking of calling a plenary session of the UN just to figure out what to do about it. The only hitch is, Russia doesn't want to wait that long, and is asking for a hurry-up summit meeting to make a decision." "Their delegate. They say that with all the satellites being launched, that our affairs are their affairs, too. The Senator thinks that if we don't agree, they might do something drastic, like blow us all up. The press secretary's secretary, a massive woman with gray hair and impervious to charm, guarded the portals of his office with all the indomitable will of the U. S. Marines. She looked at him with exasperation, and then gathered up a stack of memorandums and letters, his own envelope atop it. It's our opinion that secrecy is essential, that leakage of the story might cause panic. Since you're the only unauthorized person who knows of it, we have two choices. "You'll be taken into our confidence, and allowed to accompany those officials who will be admitted to the landing site. But you will not be allowed to relay the story to the press until such a time as all correspondents are informed. That won't give you a 'scoop' if that's what you call it, but you'll be an eyewitness.
 He comes to value the Venusian delegate's outcome over the recognition of breaking unprecedented news
 He is consumed by the difficulty of keeping the secret of the Venusian delegate's origin  He comes to value the Venusian delegate's outcome over the recognition of breaking unprecedented news  He becomes less caught up in the fast-paced world of media and more interested in settling down as a family man  He stops living his life according to what the media values and decides to leave Earth forever