Such little romps were good for the boy and Jubal had greatly enjoyed Mike's inglorious career as a soldier because Jill had spent the time at home.  When Mike had come home for a few days after it was over, he hadn't seemed hurt by it - he had boasted to Jubal that he had obeyed Jill's wishes exactly and hadn't disappeared anybody merely a few dead things... although, as Mike grokked it, there had been several times when Earth could have been made a better place if Jill didn't have this queasy weakness.  Jubal didn't argue it; he had a lengthy - though inactive, "Better Dead" list himself.