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. So it is. But, if you'll get dressed, I'll
take you down to Old Dome and show you my chop and thumbprint on the Declaration
of Independence. You might not believe that it's my chop... but I can't fake a
thumbprint. Shall we go look?"
"No."
"Why not? Want to know my age? I was bom Christmas Day 2063, so I was
twelve and a half when I signed the Declaration. That nails down how old I am."
"Sweetheart, when I decided to become a native Loonie or a reasonable
facsimile, I studied the history of Luna to help me get away with it. There is
no Gwendolyn among the signers. Wait a second, not saying you lied-saying you
must have had another name then."
"Yes, of course. Hazel. Hazel Meade Davis."
"'Hazel.' Later married into the Stone Gang. Leader of the children's
auxiliaries. Um, Hazel was a redhead."
"Yes. Now I can stop taking some pesky pills and let my hair go back to its
natural color. Unless you prefer it this shade?"
"Hair color isn't important. But- Hazel, why did you marry me?"
She sighed. "For love, dear, and that is true. To help you when you were in
trouble... and that is true, too. Because it was inevitable and that is true,
also. For it is written in history books in another time and place that Hazel
Stone returned to Luna and married Richard Ames aka Colin Campbell... and this
couple rescued Adam Selene, chairman of the Revolutionary Committee
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