"Madeline L' Engle - Time Quartet 04 - Many Waters" - читать интересную книгу автора (L'Engle Madeleine)

"Tomorrow night, I think Mother said."

Sandy, his mouth full, held his hands out to the wood
stove. "If we had our driver's licenses, we could go to the
airport to meet him."

"We're good drivers already," Dennys agreed.

Sandy stuffed another large bite of sandwich into his
mouth, and left the warmth of the stove to wander to the
far corner of the lab. where there was a not-quite-ordinary-
looking computer. "How long has Dad had this gizmo
here?"

"He put it in last week. Mother wasn't particularly
pleased."

"Well. it 15 supposed to be her lab," Sandy said. '

"What's he programming?" Dennys asked.

"He's usually pretty good about explaining. Even though
I don't understand most of it. Tessering and red-shifting
and space/time continuum and stuff." Sandy stared at the


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keyboard, which had eight rather than the usual four ranks
of keys. "Half of these symbols are Greek. I mean, literally
Greek."

Dennys, ramming the last of his sandwich into his

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mouth, peered over his twin's shoulder "Well, I more or
less get the usual science signs. That looks like Hebrew,
there, and that's Cyrillic. I haven't the faintest idea what
these keys are for."

Sandy looked down at the lab floor, which consisted of
large slabs of stone. There was a thick rug by the sink,
and another in front of the shabby leather chair and read-
ing lamp. "I don't know how Mother stands this place in
winter."

"She dresses like an Eskimo." Dennys shivered, then put
out one finger and tapped on the standard keys of the