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Robert A. Heinlein - The Cat Who Walked Through Walls
Atec Февраль 29 2008 20:18:18
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. So I help, and so does Maureen, and Maggie whom you have not
yet met. There are others who pitch in when we have too many with happiness
problems- Ubby and Deety, and even Laz and Lor who are superb at it when they
are needed... not surprising, as they are sisters of Lazarus and daughters of
Maureen. And there's Hilda, of course."
"Hold it, please. I'm getting confused by names of people I've never met.
This hospital has a staff that dishes out happiness; I understand that much. All
of these angels of happiness are women. Right?"
"How else?" Teena demanded scornfully. "Where do you expect to find
happiness?"
"Now, Teena," Minerva said reprovingly. "Richard, we female operatives take
care of the morale of males... and Tamara has skilled male operatives on watch
or on call for female clients and patients. Opposite polarity isn't absolutely
essential to morale nursing but it makes it much easier. We don't need as many
male morale operatives to take care of our female patients since women are less
likely to be ill. Rejuvenation clients are about evenly divided, male and
female, but women almost never become depressed while being made young again-"
"Hear, hear!" Hazel put in. "Just makes me homy." She patted my hand, then
added a private signal I ignored, others being present.
"-while males usually suffer at least one crisis of spirit during
rejuvenation
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