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тАЬSure,тАЭ Dickie Boy said. тАЬVery sweet, very convincing. Take for instance the
series of transformsтАжтАЭ

тАЬFine,тАЭ Bunford said. And to Carol Hendrix: тАЬThank you. If Dickie Boy
validates your Monte Carlos, IтАЩm sure theyтАЩre well done.тАЭ He paused. тАЬThe physics
is interesting, too . . . though quite speculative, of course.тАЭ

And he stopped there, apparently having finished.

I waited for him to go on, but he didnтАЩtтАФhe was whispering quietly to Hong,
one of his group members. And no one else was saying a word. Finally, Allenson
stood from the pillow where heтАЩd been sitting cross-legged and said, тАЬShall we make
it an early evening tonight? I donтАЩt know about you guys, but I could use some
sleep.тАЭ He turned to Carol Hendrix and said, тАЬIтАЩd like to thank our guest for
speaking to us this evening.тАЭ Murmured voices said much the same thing. тАЬAt a later
time, perhaps we can discuss the implications of this work, but this week we are all
very busy getting the SSC up to spec.тАЭ

Carol Hendrix stood white-faced and silent as all the men got up, nodded
goodbye to her, and left, some alone, others in small groups of their col-leagues.

тАЬI donтАЩt understand,тАЭ I said. We were walking along one of the suburb-like
loops that led from AllensonтАЩs house to mine. For the present, many of us lived in
Texlab-owned housing as a matter of convenience. тАЬThey didnтАЩt even want to argue
with you.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm an idiot,тАЭ she said. тАЬI forgot some of the most important lessons IтАЩve
ever learned. In particular, I forgot that IтАЩm a woman, and anything I say gets filtered
through that.тАЭ

тАЬDo you really think that?тАЭ

тАЬSax, donтАЩt be so fucking naive. Why do you think they were polite? Because
I was a visitor?тАЭ Her voice was filled with scorn; she knew as well as I did what
treatment visitors got.

тАЬYour conclusions are radical. You canтАЩt expect them to assent right off.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll grant you that, and it would have been hard to convince them of anything
substantive, but I could have begun tonight. They dismissed me, they dismissed
what I was saying. Bastards. Smug male bastardsтАФitтАЩs no wonder they canтАЩt hear
anything theyтАЩre so filled with their own importance.тАЭ

We stood in front of my house. She said, тАЬI think IтАЩll walk around for a while,
if thatтАЩs all right. I donтАЩt want to talk right now.тАЭ

тАЬSure,тАЭ I said. тАЬGo anywhere you want. In fact, I think IтАЩll go for a bicycle
ride. IтАЩll see you later.тАЭ