Chapter 14

           

           TheHeartofGoldfledonsilentlythroughthenightofspace,nowonconventionalphotondrive.Itscrewoffourwereillateaseknowingthattheyhadbeenbroughttogethernotoftheirownvolitionorbysimplecoincidence,butbysomecuriousprincipleofphysics—asifrelationshipsbetweenpeopleweresusceptibletothesamelawsthatgovernedtherelationshipsbetweenatomsandmolecules.

           Astheship’sartificialnightclosedintheywereeachgratefultoretiretoseparatecabinsandtrytorationalizetheirthoughts.

           Trilliancouldn’tsleep.ShesatonacouchandstaredatasmallcagewhichcontainedherlastandonlylinkswithEarth—twowhitemicethatshehadinsistedZaphodletherbring.Shehadexpectednottoseetheplanetagain,butshewasdisturbedbyhernegativereactiontotheplanet’sdestruction.Itseemedremoteandunrealandshecouldfindnothoughtstothinkaboutit.Shewatchedthemicescurryingroundthecageandrunningfuriouslyintheirlittleplastictreadwheelstilltheyoccupiedherwholeattention.Suddenlysheshookherselfandwentbacktothebridgetowatchoverthetinyflashinglightsandfiguresthatchartedtheship’sprogressthroughthevoid.Shewishedsheknewwhatitwasshewastryingnottothinkabout.

           Zaphodcouldn’tsleep.Healsowishedheknewwhatitwasthathewouldn’tlethimselfthinkabout.Foraslongashecouldrememberhe’dsufferedfromavaguenaggingfeelingofbeingnotallthere.

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