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Robert A. Heinlein - The Cat Who Walked Through Walls
Atec Февраль 29 2008 20:18:18
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. But the client who owns that clone, when he was told
about it, decided to give you this foot. His attitude was that his clone could
bud a new foot in a few years; in the meantime he could get along without that
part of the insurance a complete clone offers."
"Who is he? I must find a way to thank him." (How do you thank a man for
that sort of gift? Somehow, I must.)
"Colonel, that is the one thing you will not know. Your donor insisted on
remaining anonymous. That is a condition of the gift."
"They even made me wipe my record of it," Teena said bitterly. "As if I
were not to be trusted professionally. Why, I keep the hypocritic oath better
than any of them!"
"You mean 'Hippocratic.'"
"Oh, you think so. Hazel? I know this gang better than you do."
Dr. Galahad said, "Certainly I want you to start using it. You need
exercise to make up for your long illness, too. So up out of that bed! Two
things- I recommend that you use your cane until you are certain of your
balance, and also Hazel or Minerva or somebody had better hold your other hand
for a while. Pamper yourself; you're still weak. Sit or lie down anytime you
feel like it. Umm. Do you swim?"
"Yes. Not lately, as I've been living in a space habitat that had no
facilities. But I like to swim."
"Plenty of facilities around here. A plunge in the basement of this
building and a bigger one in its atrium
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