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So why did I stand up? (Because Aunt Abby had striped my calves for any
failure whatever in politeness to my elders?
Nonsense. I knew that he was authentic when I laid eyes on him. That my
conviction was preposterous did not alter it.)
"Her Wisdom Star, Arbiter of the Ninety Universes, composite time lines,
code 'Cyrano.'"
Her Wisdom smiled at me and I wiggled like a puppy. I'm no judge of wisdom
but I am certain that males with high blood pressure and any history of cardiac
problems or T.I.A. should not be too close to her. Star, Mrs. Gordon, is as tall
or taller than I, weighs more and all of it muscle but her breasts and that
slight layer that smooths female body lines. She was wearing too little for
Poweshiek County, quite a lot for Boondock.
Star may not be the most beautiful woman in all her many universes but she
may be the sexiest-in a sultry. Girl Scout fashion. Just walking through a room
she is in should change a boy into a man.
"Woodrow Wilson Smith, Senior of the Howard Families, time line two, code
'Leslie LeCroix.'" Lazarus and I again exchanged nods.
"Dr. Jubal Harshaw, time line three, code 'Neil Ann-strong.'"
Dr. Harshaw raised his hand in a half salute and smiled; I answered the
same way-and made a note to buttonhole him, back in Boondock perhaps, about the
many legends of the "Man from Mars." How much was truth, how much was fiction?
"Dr
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