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.''I know, Storm." Her voice was very gentle.'Everybody knows you did.Not onlydid-you still do.''Yes.So much so that I thought I'd never be able to talk about her withoutgoing off the deep end.But I can, now.I'm beginning to think that perhapsPhil Strong was right.Perhaps a man can love twice in his life, in exactlythe same way.'The woman caught her breath and started to say something, then changed hermind.The man went on:'The second point in error is that a woman at age thirty-four is notnecessarily a doddering wreck with one foot in the grave and the other on abanana peel.''Oh.I'm so glad, Storm!' she breathed; then changed mood with an almostaudible snap.'There! It's done and your guard is down.It wasn't too bad, wasit?''Not a bit.' Cloud was surprised at how easily the thing had been ironed out.'You're a prime number, Joanie-a slick, smooth operator.As smooth as fivePage 60 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlfeet and two inches of tan velvet.''Uh-uh.Not me, so much; it's just that we're a very nicely-matched pair.ButI think we'd better lay off a while before trying it again, don't you?''Check.Let our minds-mine, anyway-get over the jitters and collywobbles.''Mine, too, brother; and I've got a sort of feeling that what that mind ofyours is going to develop into, little by little, is something slightlydifferent from ordinary telepathy.But in the meantime, you'd better get backto work.''I don't know whether I can work up much enthusiasm for work right now ornot.''Sure you can, if you try.What were you doing to that chart when I came in?What have you got there, anyway?'113'Come on over and I'll show you.' They bent over the work-table, heads almosttouching.'The pink area is the explored part of the First Galaxy.The marksrepresent all the loose vortices I know of.I've been applying all thecriteria I can think of to give me some kind of a toe-hold, but up to thepresent moment I'm completely baffled.''Have you tried chronology yet? Peeling 'em off in layers- by centuries, say?''Not exactly, although I did run a correlation against time.Mostly beenstudying 'em either singly or en masse up to now.Might be worth a fling,though.Why? Got a hunch?''No.And no particular reason; just groping for more detailed data.Before youcan solve any problem, you know, you must know exactly what the problemis-must be able to state it clearly.You can't do that yet, can you?''You know I can't.I've got some coloured pins here somewhere.here theyare.Read me the dates and I'll stick colorsaccordingly.'They soon ran out of colors; then continued with num-bered-head thumb-tacks.The job finished, they stood back and examined the results.'See anything, Joan?''I see something, but before I mention it, give me a quick briefing on whatyou know already.'Cloud thought for a minute.'Well, the distribution in space is not random,but there is no significant correlation with location, age, size, power,load-factor, or actual number of power-plants.Nor with nature, condition, orage of the civilization of any planet.Nor with anything else I've been ableto dream up.'They aren't random in time, either; but there again there's no correlationwith the age of the power-plant affected, the age-status of atomic power ofany particular planet, or any other thing except one-there is an extremelyhigh correlation-practically unity-with time itself.' 'I thought so.' Joannodded.'That was what I noticed.Theolder, the fewer.''Exactly.But with your new classification, Joan, I think I see somethingelse.' Cloud's mathematical-prodigy's mind pounced.'And how! Until veryrecently, Joan, the data will plot exactly on the ideal-growth-of-populationcurve.',114'Oh, they breed, some way or other.Nice-that gives us a.''You said that, woman, I didn't.I stated a fact; if you wish to extrapolateit, that's your privilege-but it's also your responsibility.''Huh! Don't go pedantic on me.Haven't you got any guesses?''Except for this recent jump, which we can probably ascribe to Fairchild andexplosives, nary a guess.I can't see any possible point of application.''Neither can I.But if that's the only positive correlation you can find, andit's just about unity, it must mean something.''Check.It's got to mean something.All we have to do is find out what.Ithink maybe I see something else.' Bending over, he sighted across the chartPage 61 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlfrom various angles.'Too many pins.Let's clear a belt through here.' Theydid so.'Will you read 'em to me in order, beginning with the oldest?''At your service, sir.Sol.'Cloud stuck a pin in Sol.'Galien- Salvador- DuPont- Eastman- Mercator- Cen-tralia Tressilia-Chickladoria- Crevenia- DeSilva- Wynor-Aldebaran.''Hold it! Don't want Aldebaran-can't use it.Take a look at this!' For thefirst time Cloud's voice showed excitement.She looked, and saw a gently curving line of pins running three-quarters ofthe way across the chart.'Why-that's a smooth curve-looks as though it couldbe the arc of a circle-clear across all explored space!' She exclaimed [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.''I know, Storm." Her voice was very gentle.'Everybody knows you did.Not onlydid-you still do.''Yes.So much so that I thought I'd never be able to talk about her withoutgoing off the deep end.But I can, now.I'm beginning to think that perhapsPhil Strong was right.Perhaps a man can love twice in his life, in exactlythe same way.'The woman caught her breath and started to say something, then changed hermind.The man went on:'The second point in error is that a woman at age thirty-four is notnecessarily a doddering wreck with one foot in the grave and the other on abanana peel.''Oh.I'm so glad, Storm!' she breathed; then changed mood with an almostaudible snap.'There! It's done and your guard is down.It wasn't too bad, wasit?''Not a bit.' Cloud was surprised at how easily the thing had been ironed out.'You're a prime number, Joanie-a slick, smooth operator.As smooth as fivePage 60 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlfeet and two inches of tan velvet.''Uh-uh.Not me, so much; it's just that we're a very nicely-matched pair.ButI think we'd better lay off a while before trying it again, don't you?''Check.Let our minds-mine, anyway-get over the jitters and collywobbles.''Mine, too, brother; and I've got a sort of feeling that what that mind ofyours is going to develop into, little by little, is something slightlydifferent from ordinary telepathy.But in the meantime, you'd better get backto work.''I don't know whether I can work up much enthusiasm for work right now ornot.''Sure you can, if you try.What were you doing to that chart when I came in?What have you got there, anyway?'113'Come on over and I'll show you.' They bent over the work-table, heads almosttouching.'The pink area is the explored part of the First Galaxy.The marksrepresent all the loose vortices I know of.I've been applying all thecriteria I can think of to give me some kind of a toe-hold, but up to thepresent moment I'm completely baffled.''Have you tried chronology yet? Peeling 'em off in layers- by centuries, say?''Not exactly, although I did run a correlation against time.Mostly beenstudying 'em either singly or en masse up to now.Might be worth a fling,though.Why? Got a hunch?''No.And no particular reason; just groping for more detailed data.Before youcan solve any problem, you know, you must know exactly what the problemis-must be able to state it clearly.You can't do that yet, can you?''You know I can't.I've got some coloured pins here somewhere.here theyare.Read me the dates and I'll stick colorsaccordingly.'They soon ran out of colors; then continued with num-bered-head thumb-tacks.The job finished, they stood back and examined the results.'See anything, Joan?''I see something, but before I mention it, give me a quick briefing on whatyou know already.'Cloud thought for a minute.'Well, the distribution in space is not random,but there is no significant correlation with location, age, size, power,load-factor, or actual number of power-plants.Nor with nature, condition, orage of the civilization of any planet.Nor with anything else I've been ableto dream up.'They aren't random in time, either; but there again there's no correlationwith the age of the power-plant affected, the age-status of atomic power ofany particular planet, or any other thing except one-there is an extremelyhigh correlation-practically unity-with time itself.' 'I thought so.' Joannodded.'That was what I noticed.Theolder, the fewer.''Exactly.But with your new classification, Joan, I think I see somethingelse.' Cloud's mathematical-prodigy's mind pounced.'And how! Until veryrecently, Joan, the data will plot exactly on the ideal-growth-of-populationcurve.',114'Oh, they breed, some way or other.Nice-that gives us a.''You said that, woman, I didn't.I stated a fact; if you wish to extrapolateit, that's your privilege-but it's also your responsibility.''Huh! Don't go pedantic on me.Haven't you got any guesses?''Except for this recent jump, which we can probably ascribe to Fairchild andexplosives, nary a guess.I can't see any possible point of application.''Neither can I.But if that's the only positive correlation you can find, andit's just about unity, it must mean something.''Check.It's got to mean something.All we have to do is find out what.Ithink maybe I see something else.' Bending over, he sighted across the chartPage 61 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlfrom various angles.'Too many pins.Let's clear a belt through here.' Theydid so.'Will you read 'em to me in order, beginning with the oldest?''At your service, sir.Sol.'Cloud stuck a pin in Sol.'Galien- Salvador- DuPont- Eastman- Mercator- Cen-tralia Tressilia-Chickladoria- Crevenia- DeSilva- Wynor-Aldebaran.''Hold it! Don't want Aldebaran-can't use it.Take a look at this!' For thefirst time Cloud's voice showed excitement.She looked, and saw a gently curving line of pins running three-quarters ofthe way across the chart.'Why-that's a smooth curve-looks as though it couldbe the arc of a circle-clear across all explored space!' She exclaimed [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]