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IfImakeafirmdecisiontoconcentrateonthatpartofthePrimitivetotheexclusionofallelseandifIamwrong,thechancesarethatIwillhavelostmychancetokeepthecircleintimeclosedandEternitywilldisappear.Thedecisionitselfwillbethecrucialpoint,theMinimumNecessaryChange,theM.N.C.,tobringabouttheChange.Inowmakethedecision.Idecide,definitely--"
Harlan,lookedaboutcautiously,asthoughRealityhadgrownsofragilethatasuddenheadmovementmightshatterit.
Harlansaid,"I’mthoroughlyconsciousofEternity."(Twissell’snormalityhadinfectedhimtothepointwherehisvoicesoundedfirminhisownears.)
"ThenEternitystillexists,"saidTwissellinablunt,matter-of-factmanner,"andwehavemadetherightdecision.Nowthere’snothingmoretodohereforthewhile.Let’sgettomyofficeandwecanletthesubcommitteeoftheCouncilswarmoverthisplace,ifthatwillmakethemanyhappier.Asfarastheyareconcerned,theprojecthasendedsuccessfully.Ifitdoesn’t,they’llneverknow.Norwe."
Twissellstudiedhiscigaretteandsaid,"Thequestionthatnowconfrontsusisthis:WhatwillCooperdowhenhefindshimselfinthewrongCentury?"
"Idon’tknow."
"Onethingisobvious.He’sabrightlad,intelligent,imaginative,wouldn’tyousay?"
"Well,he’sMallansohn."
"Exactly.Andhewonderedifhewouldendupwrong.
