Goodbye to An Old Friend
“They went a roundabout route, going east into Kent and then looping back, approaching London from the Maidstone direction.
It was a bright, sharp night, the stars set into the sky like jewelled buttons.
Pavel slumped in the seat alongside Adrian, staring up.
‘Hundreds of millions of miles away,’ he said softly. ‘Look at them. Some we know about, some we don’t. They just glitter there, the winning posts for a race of giants. I wonder if it really matters who gets there first. Or whether anybody ...gets there at all.’ ‘That’s an odd doubt, coming from someone like you,’ said Adrian.
Pavel looked at him in the darkened car. ‘Why?’ he asked. ‘I just make it possible. I don’t say whether it should be done.’ He twisted, looking out through the darkened rear window.
‘Are we alone?’ Adrian remembered his nervousness. ‘No,’ he said, ‘of course not. There are two cars, one in front, one behind. There’s no risk.’ ‘Very professional,’ said Pavel. ‘I can’t make out either of them.’ ‘They wouldn’t be much good, if you could, would they?’ remarked Adrian, mildly.MoreLess
It was a bright, sharp night, the stars set into the sky like jewelled buttons.
Pavel slumped in the seat alongside Adrian, staring up.
‘Hundreds of millions of miles away,’ he said softly. ‘Look at them. Some we know about, some we don’t. They just glitter there, the winning posts for a race of giants. I wonder if it really matters who gets there first. Or whether anybody ...gets there at all.’ ‘That’s an odd doubt, coming from someone like you,’ said Adrian.
Pavel looked at him in the darkened car. ‘Why?’ he asked. ‘I just make it possible. I don’t say whether it should be done.’ He twisted, looking out through the darkened rear window.
‘Are we alone?’ Adrian remembered his nervousness. ‘No,’ he said, ‘of course not. There are two cars, one in front, one behind. There’s no risk.’ ‘Very professional,’ said Pavel. ‘I can’t make out either of them.’ ‘They wouldn’t be much good, if you could, would they?’ remarked Adrian, mildly.MoreLess
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