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_Hard Day's Night_ movie and a few new songs, _Something New_,
which will be released here in a couple of weeks. You see I
know all of this because I taught history of rock for five years
when I first got my Ph.D."
"I know all about your past and future," Laura said tartly.
"Good," Jeff grabbed her arm and raised his voice again.
"And do you also know that `Yes It Is' is on none of those
albums? None of them! And in fact it won't be heard in America
until an album called _Beatles VI_ is released sometime late
next year?
Laura pulled away and laughed sarcastically. "And that's
what all this is about? That when I was stoned out of my mind
on some Brazilian drug maybe intended for you I sang some song
that won't be released in the U.S. for another few months?
There are a thousand explanations for that. I might know some
English guy who heard Lennon and McCartney perform that song in
a personal appearance. You yourself might have sung the song in
your sleep. What's the big deal?" Her voice was rasping, and
she started to cough.
"Your life's at stake," Jeff said. "That's the big deal.
Don't you get it?"
Laura just looked at him, eyes wide and brimming with
tears. She started to walk away.
"Listen to me, goddamn it!" Jeff caught up to her, spun her
around, put his hands heavily on her shoulders. "Rena died, I
think I was almost killed. You were almost killed. These are
serious forces we're playing around with here."
She turned her head away, as if from the intensity of his
reasoning.
"Tell me the truth!" he demanded.
 "I love you," Laura said.
"We need more now," Jeff insisted.
Laura exhaled, squeezed close to Jeff, then pulled away.
"It's getting windy out here," she shivered. "Let's go back to
the apartment and I'll try to tell you as much as I can."
***
The kettle whistled. Jeff carefully poured the water into
the porcelain teapot, let it warm a bit, then added two servings
of darjeeling tea and the extra one for the pot.
Laura was on the couch, arms around her knees and legs
tucked under, talking. "We knew there was danger right after the
arrival, but we didn't think it continued years after."
"None of our little expeditions before mine ran into any
trouble at all," Jeff said. "As far as I know, I was the first
not to return -- the first whose AWH self-destructed, or was
destroyed by something else, after my time jump."
"None of those little events before yours were intended to
seriously alter history," Laura said. "Your Challenger attempt
was the first big-scale operation."
Jeff shivered, touching the teapot for warmth. The number