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Robert A. Heinlein - The Cat Who Walked Through Walls
Atec Февраль 29 2008 20:18:18
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. What's this about
Lazarus acting up again?"
"That mother!" "In his case that's merely descriptive. What happened?"
"Uh- Maybe I reacted too strongly. Better ask Dr. Burroughs."
"Jacob?" "No, Richard did not overreact. Lazarus went out of his way to be
offensively difficult with all four of us. In the first place, Lazarus has no
business trying to supervise the mathematics section; he is not a mathematician
in any professional sense and is not qualified to supervise. In the second place
each of us in the section knows the quirks of the others; we never interfere
with each other's work. But Lazarus kicked me out, and Deety, and Jane Libby,
for daring to talk a few moments about something not on his agenda... totally
unaware, or at least uncaring, that I and both my daughters use a two-level mode
of meditation. Hazel, I kept my temper. Truly I did, dear. You would have been
proud of me."
"I'm always proud of you, Jacob. I would not have kept my temper. In
dealing with Lazarus you should take a tip from Sir Winston Churchill and step
on his toes until he apologizes. Lazarus doesn't appreciate good manners. But
what did he do to Richard?"
"Told him not to feed his cat at the conference table. Ridiculous! As if it
could possibly harm his fancy table if this kitten happened to pee on it."
Hazel shook her head and looked grim, which doesn't fit her face
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