It's the most beautiful Spring the great metropolis has seen in modern memory. The sun-drenched air seems full of hope, of promise for a better tomorrow. But across the river, in the suburb on the ridge that overlooks the city, Oliver Wilson is perplexed. Who are these elegant, perfectly-poised, almost exotic people to whom he's rented his house? What impending event has drawn them from here, to the sleepy suburb, as if it were the best seat in the house for the greatest show on earth?

First published in Astounding Science Fiction, September 1946.