"But it did happen fast," Ruth went on. "Sam was a professor of Oriental languages at the University here - the city U., that is.  Sam started coming to the Temple because it was a way, the only way, to learn the Martian language.  Strictly professional motivation, he wasn't interested in it as a church.  And I went along to keep an eye on him... I had heard rumors and I was a jealous wife, even more possessive than the average.