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. Can you grab him and
keep him from being rolled on and crushed while I get us untangled?"
"Yes. No hurry about it. Richard, you're a good boy. Pixel and I have
decided to keep you."
"Just try to get rid of me! You can't. Love, you phrased something oddly.
You said it was 'thirty-seven Tertian days here.'"
She looked up at me soberly. "It was longer than that for me, Richard."
"I wondered. How long?"
"About two years. Earth years."
"I be goddam!"
"But, dear, while you were ill, I did come home every day. Thirty-seven
times I came to your hospital room in the morning, exactly as I promised. You
recognized me every time, too, and smiled and seemed happy to see me. But of
course the Lethe field made you forget every moment even as it happened. Each
evening I went away again, and came back later that evening, having been gone,
on the average, about three weeks each time. The schedule wasn't difficult for
me, but Gay Deceiver made two trips every evening, with either the double twins
or Hilda's crew making the runs. Let me up now, dear; I have the Pixel cat
safe."
We rearranged ourselves comfortably. "What were you doing, gone so much?"
"Time Corps field work. Historical research." "I guess I still don't
understand what the Time Corps does. Couldn't you have waited a month, then both
of us could have done it, together? Or do I have my head on backwards?"
"Yes and no
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