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nerves controlling a whole miniature factory of whatsits and
thingumbobs. My index finger powered a Mixmaster. My middle
toe turned the tumblers that locked the door. MyтАж
That reminds me: have I locked you in? IтАЩm sorry, when I
closed the door I locked it without thinking. You wouldnтАЩt want to
go out now though. According to my stomach, itтАЩs the middle of
the night. YouтАЩre better off in here for the night than in a Venusian
swamp, eh?
Well, thatтАЩs the story of my life. When I had the reflexes of a
well-trained rat, they packed me up and shipped me off to Venus at
the cost of some few million dollars.
The very last thing I learned before leaping was how to use
the microfilm scanner. I read direct from the spindle. By the time I
learned how poorly the library had been stocked it was too late to
complain. IтАЩd been planted out in the swamp, and John George
Clay had moved in. What did I care about the library then? I was in
love.
And what do you care about any of this? Unless youтАЩre a
cyberneticist doing a study on malfunction. I should be good for a
chapter, at least.
Excuse me, IтАЩm probably keeping you awake. IтАЩll let you get
some sleep. I have to sleep sometimes myself, you know. Physically
I can go without, but I still have a subconscious that likes to
dreamтАФ


Of forests and enchantments drear,
Where more is meant than meets the ear.


And so good night.


Still awake?
I couldnтАЩt go to sleep myself, so IтАЩve been reading. I thought
maybe youтАЩd like to hear a poem. IтАЩll read you Il Penseroso. Do you
know it? ItтАЩs probably the finest poem in the language. ItтАЩs by John
Milton.
 Oh dear, did I keep you up with that poem last night? Or did
I only dream that I did? If I was noisy, youтАЩll excuse me, wonтАЩt
you?
Now if you were John, youтАЩd be raging mad. He didnтАЩt like to
be woken up byтАФ


Such notes as, warbled to the string,
Drew iron tears down PlutoтАЩs cheek
And made Hell grant what Love did seek!