From: Pendola T. <mem...@he...> - 2009-08-28 23:16:37
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had reported the delegate offered. Only this time it was from the head of the Markovian government himself. They sat up nearly all the rest of the night considering this new development. "Maybe you shouldn't go, after all," said Joyce once. "Maybe this is something that needs bigger handling than we can possibly give it." Cameron shook his head. "_I've_ got to go. They haven't closed the door and said we can't come. If I backed out before they did, I'd be known the rest of my life as the guy who was _going_ to crack the Markovian problem. But I'd much rather you--" "No! If you're going, so am I." * * * * * They consulted again with Fothergill and finally drafted as polite a reply as possible, explaining t |