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Journey
by Marta Randall
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Copyright (c)1978 by Marta Randall


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_For Richard Curtis and Adele Leone Hull,_
_without whom_
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_There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating
themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before._
-- Willa Cather
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*Part One*

*1216*
*New Time*

*A World*
*of*
*Sudden*
*Strangers*

_"Oh, what a troublesome thing it is to go and discover new lands."_
_-Bernal Diaz del Castillo, 1576_
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THE BARN SAT AT THE EDGE OF A LEVEL meadow, facing the broad, rich
fields, its back to the hill, house, and landing pad. It was a long, wide
building with huge doors at either end and a roof pitched and curved at
seeming random; during the day its roof and walls of flexible solar panels
darkened as they soaked in the light, and throughout the night it glowed in
the reflection of a million stars. Within, a series of lofts and balconies
rose above the cavernous main floor, connected by swaying rope ladders over
which, on other days, the three Kennerin children scampered and swung in