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Andlookateverypartofit,too.HowcanIdoitfaster?"
Methodicallyheturnedthepages.
"Eventually,"saidHarlan,"theprintstartsblurringandthatmeansit’stimeforsleep."
Asecondphysiodayended.
At10:22A.M.,StandardPhysiotime,ofthethirdphysiodayofthesearchHarlanstaredatapageinquietwonderandsaid,"Thisisit!"
Twisselldidn’tabsorbthestatement.Hesaid,"What?"
Harlanlookedup,hisfacetwistedwithastonishment."Youknow,Ididn’tbelieveit.ByTime,Ineverreallybelievedit,evenwhileyouwereworkingoutallthatrigmaroleaboutnewsmagazinesandadvertisements."
Twissellhadabsorbeditnow."_You’vefoundit!_"
HeleapedatthevolumeHarlanwasholding,clutchingatitwithshakingfingers.
Harlanhelditoutofreachandslammedthevolumeshut."Justamoment.Youwon’tfindit,evenifIshowedyouthepage."
"Whatareyoudoing?"shriekedTwissell."You’velostit."
"It’snotlost.Iknowwhereitis.Butfirst--"
"Firstwhat?"
Harlansaid,"There’sonepointremaining,ComputerTwissell.YousayIcanhaveNoys.Bringhertome,then.Letmeseeher."
TwissellstaredatHarlan,histhinwhitehairindisarray."Areyoujoking?"
"No,"saidHarlansharply,"I’mnotjoking.
