Time Enough for Love
“To have progeny by him?”
“How could I be joking?—in the presence of two witnesses, one of them the Chairman Pro Tem himself.”
“I didn’t see how you could be. But why, Ishtar?”
“Because I’m a sentimental atavist!”
“Do you have to snap at me?”
She put an arm around his shoulders, took his hand with her free hand. “I’m sorry, dear. It has been a long day…and not much sleep last night, sweet as it was. I’m worried about several things—and the subject you brought up is not one I ...can be unemotional about.”
“I should not have asked. An invasion of privacy—I don’t know what’s got into me. Shall we wipe the matter? Please?”
“Dear, dear! I do know what got into me…and that’s part of why I am so unprofessionally emotional. Let me put it this way: If you were female, wouldn’t you jump at a chance to make such a proposal?MoreLess
“How could I be joking?—in the presence of two witnesses, one of them the Chairman Pro Tem himself.”
“I didn’t see how you could be. But why, Ishtar?”
“Because I’m a sentimental atavist!”
“Do you have to snap at me?”
She put an arm around his shoulders, took his hand with her free hand. “I’m sorry, dear. It has been a long day…and not much sleep last night, sweet as it was. I’m worried about several things—and the subject you brought up is not one I ...can be unemotional about.”
“I should not have asked. An invasion of privacy—I don’t know what’s got into me. Shall we wipe the matter? Please?”
“Dear, dear! I do know what got into me…and that’s part of why I am so unprofessionally emotional. Let me put it this way: If you were female, wouldn’t you jump at a chance to make such a proposal?MoreLess
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