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To Robert A. Heinlein

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Who, in Have Space Suit, Will Travel,

first introduced me to Jerome K. JeromeТs

Three Men in a Boat,

To Say Nothing of the Dog

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УIt would have been nice to start fresh without those messy old ruins,Ф she said.

УTheyТre a symbol, dear,Ф said her friend.

Mollie Panter-Downs

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C H A P T E RаO N E

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A Search PartyЧWartime HeadgearЧThe Problem of NepotismЧRoyal HeadgearЧThe BishopТs Bird Stump Is MissingЧJumble SalesЧA Clue to Its WhereaboutsЧAstronomical ObservationsЧDogsЧA CatЧManТs Best FriendЧAn Abrupt Departure

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There were five of usЧCarruthers and the new recruit and myself, and Mr. Spivens and the verger. It was late afternoon on November the fifteenth, and we were in what was left of Coventry Cathedral, looking for the bishopТs bird stump.

Or at any rate I was. The new recruit was gawking at the blown-out stained-glass windows, Mr. Spivens was over by the vestry steps digging up something, and Carruthers was trying to convince the verger we were from the Auxiliary Fire Service.

УThis is our squadron leader, Lieutenant Ned Henry,Ф he said, pointing at me, Уand IТm Commander Carruthers, the post fire officer.Ф