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Chapter 9

           

           "Thereyouare,"gaspedFord,scrabblingforafingerholdonthepavementasitracedthroughtheThirdReachoftheUnknown,"ItoldyouI’dthinkofsomething."

           "Ohsure,"saidArthur,"sure."

           "Brightideaofmine,"saidFord,"tofindapassingspaceshipandgetrescuedbyit."

           Therealuniversearchedsickeninglyawaybeneaththem.Variouspretendonesflittedsilentlyby,likemountaingoats.Primallightexploded,splatteringspace-timeaswithgobbetsofjunket.Timeblossomed,mattershrankaway.Thehighestprimenumbercoalescedquietlyinacornerandhiditselfawayforever.

           "Ohcomeoffit,"saidArthur,"thechancesagainstitwereastronomical."

           "Don’tknockit,itworked,"saidFord.

           "Whatsortofshiparewein?"askedArthurasthepitofeternityyawnedbeneaththem.

           "Idon’tknow,"saidFord,"Ihaven’topenedmyeyesyet."

           "No,norhaveI,"saidArthur.

           TheUniversejumped,froze,quiveredandsplayedoutinseveralunexpecteddirections.

           ArthurandFordopenedtheireyesandlookedaboutinconsiderablesurprise.

           "Goodgod,"saidArthur,"itlooksjustliketheseafrontatSouthend."

           "Hell,I’mrelievedtohearyousaythat,"saidFord.

           "Why?"

           "BecauseIthoughtImustbegoingmad."

           "Perhapsyouare.PerhapsyouonlythoughtIsaidit."

           Fordthoughtaboutthis.

           "Well,didyousayitordidn’tyou?"heasked.

           "Ithinkso,"saidArthur.

           "Well,perhapswe’rebothgoingmad."

           "Yes,"saidArthur,"we’dbemad,allthingsconsidered,tothinkthiswasSouthend."

           "Well,doyouthinkthisisSouthend?"

           "Ohyes."

           "SodoI."

           "Thereforewemustbemad."

           "Nicedayforit.

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