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everything he was supposed to, which was why I'd put him in
"WHY THE
charge of Publicity. And now he wasn't here either.
WORLD DIDN'T
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"Why The World Didn't End Last Tuesday" by Connie Willis

TUESDAY" by
"It's three-fifteen," I said. "Where are they?"
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"Don't get in a tailspin," Gabe said. "So they're a few minutes
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late. It's not the end of the world. They'll get here pretty soon."
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He turned to Sara. "Can I get you anything, Saraqael?"
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the author.
She shook her head.

"Michael?" he said to me.

"The rest of the committee;" I said glumly.

"Yeah," Sara said, tapping her foot. "I wish they'd get here so
we could get started. I've got to leave at four."

At four. Wonderful. "Where are they?" I said. "Don't they
realize this thing is only two weeks away, and we're not even
half ready? We don't have a place booked, we don't have the
programs printed, we haven't even started on the decorations-"

"Oh, that reminds me," Saraqael said, leafing through her daily
planner, "I had a question about the seating." She leafed some
more and pulled out a piece of paper. "It says in the Planning
Committee's report there are supposed to be twenty-four seats
for the elders `round about the throne: What does `round about'
mean exactly? Are they supposed to be on the sides or in front
or what? It doesn't say."

Which is why the Planning Committee should be here, I
thought, instead of traipsing off to Patmos. "On the sides," I
said. "If they don't like it, they can change it."

"On the sides," Saraqael said, writing it down. "I hope that
won't get in the way of the rainbow."

"Rainbow?" I said.