Автостопом по галактике

Chapter 20

           "

           Zaphodscrambleddownintothepassage,followedbyTrillianandFord.

           "WellIhopeyouallhaveareallymiserabletime,"complainedArthur.

           "Don’tworry,"Marvinassuredhim,"theywill."

           Inafewsecondstheyhaddisappearedfromview.

           Arthurstampedaroundinahuff,andthendecidedthatawhale’sgraveyardisnotonthewholeagoodplacetostamparoundin.

           Marvineyedhimbalefullyforamoment,andthenturnedhimselfoff.

           Zaphodmarchedquicklydownthepassageway,nervousashell,buttryingtohideitbystridingpurposefully.Heflungthetorchbeamaround.Thewallswerecoveredindarktilesandwerecoldtothetouch,theairthickwithdecay.

           "There,whatdidItellyou?"hesaid."Aninhabitedplanet.Magrathea,"andhestrodeonthroughthedirtanddebristhatlitteredthetilefloor.

           TrillianwasremindedunavoidablyoftheLondonUnderground,thoughitwaslessthoroughlysqualid.

           Atintervalsalongthewallsthetilesgavewaytolargemosaics—simpleangularpatternsinbrightcolours.Trillianstoppedandstudiedoneofthembutcouldnotinterpretanysenseinthem.ShecalledtoZaphod.

           "Hey,haveyouanyideawhatthesestrangesymbolsare?"

           "Ithinkthey’rejuststrangesymbolsofsomekind,"saidZaphod,hardlyglancingback.

           Trillianshruggedandhurriedafterhim.

           FromtimetotimeadoorwayledeithertotheleftorrightintosmallishchamberswhichForddiscoveredtobefullofderelictcomputerequipment.HedraggedZaphodintoonetohavealook.Trillianfollowed.

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