Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Nothing could have seemed pleasanter than that good. The bowl of over to speak to him. "If there is any possibility that I can help you time for takeoff was nearing. He could hear noises from deep within financial messes or family difficulties. An unhappy love affair. Or more complex ones, if you went into it deeper. The failure to achieve at the neon "No Smoking" sign, which winked on and off in mechanical disapproval. reliables, the ones who could take almost anything in their stride It was Eckert who had come into his office several days ago and told to live for, the kind you instinctively know will amount to something someday. And that was a lousy way to remember him. The clichés always come first. Your memory plays traitor and boils friendship down to the status of a breakfast food testimonial. The soft red lights seemed to be dancing in the darkness of the cabin. Eckert had come into his office without saying a word and had watched And then Eckert had told him that Pendleton had taken the short way out. Eckert and he had talked it out and gone over the records. Pendleton the Diplomatic Service, his grades had improved. He had worked hard at Pendleton had been in his second year as attache on Tunpesh, a small and decided the system was worth diplomatic recognition of some kind, so Pendleton had been sent there. He had been the first attache to be sent and naturally he had gone alone. There was no need to send more. Tunpesh had been inspected and maybe the Service had slipped up, as it sometimes did, and Tunpesh had the very few ships that ever came by Tunpesh. The captain had tried to pay his respects to Pendleton. Only Pendleton wasn't there. The Tunpesh had been Pendleton's second assignment. Eckert and he had been chosen to go to Tunpesh and investigate. The two Their information on Tunpesh was limited. They knew that it had no anthropologist must have been routinely assigned to Tunpesh to furnish "How come our anthropologist on Tunpesh didn't come across with more information?" A drowsy mumble from the other cot: "He wasn't there long enough. He committed suicide not long after landing." foliage. suddenly, acutely aware that he and Templin would be stranded for six "The reception committee," Templin said tightly. His hand went inside He couldn't be blamed for being jumpy, Eckert realized. This was his first time out, his first mission like this. And, of course, Pendleton had been a pretty good friend of his. The committee of one was a middle-aged man dressed in a simple strip of feeling that if you wanted to know his exact age, you'd have to look at his teeth or know something about his epiphyseal closures. "You are menshars natives who weren't too familiar with visitors from the sky, and yet he "We have had visitors from Earth before." He hesitated a moment and then offered his hand, somewhat shyly, Eckert thought, in the who were around. They promptly scattered and picked up the luggage. if you will follow me." He was polite, Eckert thought. He didn't ask what they were there natives were a better judge of that than he and Templin. It was late afternoon when they followed Jathong into a small, carried their luggage left it outside and quietly faded away. It was "You've been very kind to us and we would like to repay you. You may take what you wish of anything within this box." He opened another of the boxes and displayed the usual trade goods—brightly colored cloth impressed. "I am grateful," he said finally, "but there is nothing I want." He turned and walked away into the gathering darkness. them." He stopped for a moment, thinking. "Did you notice the context? He didn't say he didn't want what we showed him. He said there was nothing that he wanted. Implying that everything he wanted, he already had." "That's not very typical of a primitive society, is it?" "In what way?" The words came out slowly. "The people are too casual, as though they're playing a rehearsed part. Here we are, from an entirely He was keyed up, jumpy, Eckert realized. He would probably be seeing going to be pleasant to live on Tunpesh for six months—even if the six day, he thought suddenly, he would have to remember Tunpesh. It would for an instant on a small metal box strapped to Templin's waist. A power pack, Eckert saw grimly, probably leading to the buttons on his "I don't think it's primitive at all. There are too many disparities. Their knowledge of a lot of things is a little more than empirical knowledge they associate the growth of crops with fertilizer and nitrogen in the soil as well as sunlight, rather than the blessings of some native god. And they differ a lot in other respects. Their art and "Well, what do you think about it?" "The obvious. They evidently have as much technology as they want, at least in fields where they have to have it." "How come they haven't gone any further?" had food and water and what fuel we need." "It's known in the livestock trade as being fattened up for the among the Tunpeshans, and he'd have to watch Templin to see that he "Why?" "The Tunpeshans know why we're here. We've dropped enough hints along any information about him. And he was an attache here for three years. Didn't anybody know him during that time? We've let slip a few believe. It's more likely that his friends have been silenced and any information about him is being withheld for a reason." "What reason?" Templin shrugged. "Murder. What other reason could there be?" damn perfect. Nobody's sick, nobody's unhealthy, nobody is too fat or too thin, nobody's unhappy. The only variation is that they don't all look alike. Perfection. It gets boring after a while." voice was crisp. "I knew Don Pendleton quite well, too," he said. "But it isn't blinding me to what I'm here for. We came to find out what happened to him, not to substantiate any preconceived notions. What we find out may be vitally important to anybody serving here in the future. I would hate to see our efforts spoiled because you've already made up your mind." "You knew Pendleton," Templin repeated grimly. "Do you think it was down to it. I'm not ruling out the possibility of murder, either. I'm trying to keep an open mind." "What have we accomplished so far? What have we found out?" Tunpesh. If it is a case of murder, what happens when the natives find " " few days ago, and, by judicious hinting to the proper authorities, he and Templin had been invited. It was a good chance to observe native The old Greek ideal , he thought: moderation in everything. where he had strapped his power pack. Any fool should have known that "I was wondering if my countryman Pendleton had offended your people in knew about Pendleton's death. "So far as I know, menshar what duties he had to perform here, but he was a generous and courteous Nayova had said was something he'd make sure Templin never heard about. Pendleton had killed himself. We knew him quite well and we could not bring ourselves to Eckert stared bleakly at his wine glass and tried to put the pieces of information together. They probably had a taboo about self-destruction which would make it difficult to talk about. That would make it even harder for him to find out by direct questioning. knelt before Nayova. When he clapped his hands sharply, they retreated the Tunpeshan version of the rites de passage . He glanced across A voice spoke in his ear. "It is hard for us to imagine anybody doing what menshar Pendleton did. It is ..." and he used a native word that Eckert translated as being roughly equivalent to " obscene ."

<question>:
Who was the first attache to travel to Tunpesh?

<options>:
A Pendleton
B Eckert
C Templin
D The information is not given within the text.

<answer>:

A