Автостопом по галактике

Chapter 2

           

           AmansittingnexttoFordatthebarlookedatthetwomen,lookedatthesixpints,didaswiftburstofmentalarithmetic,arrivedatananswerhelikedandgrinnedastupidhopefulgrinatthem.

           "Getoff,"saidFord,"They’reours,"givinghimalookthatwouldhaveanAlgolianSuntigergetonwithwhatitwasdoing.

           Fordslappedafive-poundnoteonthebar.Hesaid,"Keepthechange."

           "What,fromafiver?Thankyousir."

           "You’vegottenminuteslefttospendit."

           Thebarmansimplydecidedtowalkawayforabit.

           "Ford,"saidArthur,"wouldyoupleasetellmewhatthehellisgoingon?"

           "Drinkup,"saidFord,"you’vegotthreepintstogetthrough."

           "Threepints?"saidArthur."Atlunchtime?"

           ThemannexttoFordgrinnedandnoddedhappily.Fordignoredhim.Hesaid,"Timeisanillusion.Lunchtimedoublyso."

           "Verydeep,"saidArthur,"youshouldsendthatintotheReader’sDigest.They’vegotapageforpeoplelikeyou."

           "Drinkup."

           "Whythreepintsallofasudden?"

           "Musclerelaxant,you’llneedit."

           "Musclerelaxant?"

           "Musclerelaxant."

           Arthurstaredintohisbeer.

           "DidIdoanythingwrongtoday,"hesaid,"orhastheworldalwaysbeenlikethisandI’vebeentoowrappedupinmyselftonotice?"

           "Alright,"saidFord,"I’lltrytoexplain.Howlonghaveweknowneachother?"

           "Howlong?"Arthurthought."Er,aboutfiveyears,maybesix,"hesaid."Mostofitseemedtomakesomesenseatthetime."

           "Alright,"saidFord."HowwouldyoureactifIsaidthatI’mnotfromGuildfordafterall,butfromasmallplanetsomewhereinthevicinityofBetelgeuse?"

           Arthurshruggedinaso-sosortofway

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