Автостопом по галактике

Chapter 12

           "

           "Yeah,butthat’sonewildcoincidenceisn’tit?"

           "Yes."

           "Pickingsomeoneupatthatpoint?OutofthewholeoftheUniversetochoosefrom?That’sjusttoo…Iwanttoworkthisout.Computer!"

           TheSiriusCyberneticsCorporationShipboardComputerwhichcontrolledandpermeatedeveryparticleoftheshipswitchedintocommunicationmode.

           "Hithere!"itsaidbrightlyandsimultaneouslyspewedoutatinyribbonoftickertapejustfortherecord.Thetickertapesaid,Hithere!

           "OhGod,"saidZaphod.Hehadn’tworkedwiththiscomputerforlongbuthadalreadylearnedtoloatheit.

           Thecomputercontinued,brashandcheeryasifitwassellingdetergent.

           "Iwantyoutoknowthatwhateveryourproblem,Iamheretohelpyousolveit."

           "Yeahyeah,"saidZaphod."Look,IthinkI’lljustuseapieceofpaper."

           "Surething,"saidthecomputer,spillingoutitsmessageintoawastebinatthesametime,"Iunderstand.Ifyoueverwant…"

           "Shutup!"saidZaphod,andsnatchingupapencilsatdownnexttoTrillianattheconsole.

           "OK,OK…"saidthecomputerinahurttoneofvoiceandcloseddownitsspeechchannelagain.

           ZaphodandTrillianporedoverthefiguresthattheImprobabilityflightpathscannerflashedsilentlyupinfrontofthem.

           "Canweworkout,"saidZaphod,"fromtheirpointofviewwhattheImprobabilityoftheirrescuewas?"

           "Yes,that’saconstant",saidTrillian,"twotothepoweroftwohundredandseventy-sixthousandsevenhundredandninetooneagainst."

           "That’shigh.They’retwoluckyluckyguys."

           "Yes.

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