Автостопом по галактике

Chapter 4

           Upitsurgedonthejet,thewaterfallingfrombeneathit,crashingbackintotheseahundredsoffeetbelow.

           Zaphodsmiled,picturinghimself.

           Athoroughlyridiculousformoftransport,butathoroughlybeautifulone.

           Atthetopoftheclifftheglobewaveredforamoment,tippedontoarailedramp,rolleddownittoasmallconcaveplatformandriddledtoahalt.

           TotremendousapplauseZaphodBeeblebroxsteppedoutofthebubble,hisorangesashblazinginthelight.

           ThePresidentoftheGalaxyhadarrived.

           Hewaitedfortheapplausetodiedown,thenraisedhishandsingreeting.

           "Hi,"hesaid.

           Agovernmentspidersidleduptohimandattemptedtopressacopyofhispreparedspeechintohishands.PagesthreetosevenoftheoriginalversionwereatthemomentfloatingsoggilyontheDamogranseasomefivemilesoutfromthebay.PagesoneandtwohadbeensalvagedbyaDamogranFrondCrestedEagleandhadalreadybecomeincorporatedintoanextraordinarynewformofnestwhichtheeaglehadinvented.Itwasconstructedlargelyofpaperanditwasvirtuallyimpossibleforanewlyhatchedbabyeagletobreakoutofit.TheDamogranFrondCrestedEaglehadheardofthenotionofsurvivalofthespeciesbutwantednotruckwithit.

           ZaphodBeeblebroxwouldnotbeneedinghissetspeechandhegentlydeflectedtheonebeingofferedhimbythespider.

           "Hi,"hesaidagain.

           Everyonebeamedathim,or,atleast,nearlyeveryone.HesingledoutTrillianfromthecrowd.TrillianwasagirlthatZaphodhadpickeduprecentlywhilstvisitingaplanet,justforfun,incognito.

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