Chapter 4

           

           FarawayontheoppositespiralarmoftheGalaxy,fivehundredthousandlightyearsfromthestarSol,ZaphodBeeblebrox,PresidentoftheImperialGalacticGovernment,spedacrosstheseasofDamogran,hisiondrivedeltaboatwinkingandflashingintheDamogransun.

           Damogranthehot;Damograntheremote;Damogranthealmosttotallyunheardof.

           Damogran,secrethomeoftheHeartofGold.Theboatspedonacrossthewater.ItwouldbesometimebeforeitreacheditsdestinationbecauseDamogranissuchaninconvenientlyarrangedplanet.Itconsistsofnothingbutmiddlingtolargedesertislandsseparatedbyveryprettybutannoyinglywidestretchesofocean.

           Theboatspedon.

           BecauseofthistopologicalawkwardnessDamogranhasalwaysremainedadesertedplanet.ThisiswhytheImperialGalacticGovernmentchoseDamogranfortheHeartofGoldproject,becauseitwassodesertedandtheHeartofGoldwassosecret.

           Theboatzippedandskippedacrossthesea,theseathatlaybetweenthemainislandsoftheonlyarchipelagoofanyusefulsizeonthewholeplanet.ZaphodBeeblebroxwasonhiswayfromthetinyspaceportonEasterIsland(thenamewasanentirelymeaninglesscoincidence—inGalacticspeke,eastermeanssmallflatandlightbrown)totheHeartofGoldisland,whichbyanothermeaninglesscoincidencewascalledFrance.

           OneofthesideeffectsofworkontheHeartofGoldwasawholestringofprettymeaninglesscoincidences.

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