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bishop, so they were all informed that his hallowship was recuperating.
As they rolled into New Belfast, Park experienced the let-down feeling that comes at such moments.
What next? By now Noggle would have been rescued from Park's knicks and returned to Edwy Borup's
hatch. That was bound to happen anyway, which was why Park hadn't tried to use that method of getting
Noggle into his power before. The whirling of the wheel of if was a delicate business, not to be
interrupted by people with warrants, and he would have to see to it that somebody was left behind to
force Noggle to stop the wheel when the right point had been reached.
It ought not to be difficult now, though. If he couldn't use his present power and position to get hold of
Noggle, he'd have enough after election which would come off as scheduled after all. First he'd make
Noggle stop poor old Kendrick's wheel. Then he'd have Callahan or somebody stand over Noggle with
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a gun while he spun his, Park's, wheel through another half turn. Then, maybe, Noggle would be allowed
to halt his own carousel.
For the first three days after his return he was too busy to give attention to this plan. Everybody in New
Belfast seemingly had written him or telephoned him or called at one of his two homes to see him.
Although Monkey-face was a lousy secretary, Park didn't dare hire another so long as he had his double
identity to maintain.
But the Antonini trials were due in a week, back in that other world. And the heirs and assigns of Trigvy
Darling had had a date set for a hearing on their damage claim. And, if Park knew his history, there
would probably be a "reconstruction" period in the revolted territories, of which he wanted no part.
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For the second time Edwy Borup had his sanctuary invaded by Allister Park and a lot of tough-looking
official persons, including Rufus Callahan. Borup was getting resigned if not reconciled to this. If they
didn't let his prize patient Noggle escape before, they weren't likely to this time.
"Haw, Noggle," said Park. "Feel a little more with-doing?"
"Nay," snapped Noggle. "But since you have me by the little finger I suppose I'll have to do what you
say."
"All right. You're honest, anyway. First you're going to stop Bretwald Kedrick's wheel. Bring him in,
boys."
"But I daren't stop a wheel without my down-writings. You bethink last time "
"That's all right; we brought your whole damn library over."
There was nothing to it. Noggle stared at the fidgety Bretwald the period of whose cycle was
fortunately just twice his, so that both were in their own bodies at the same time. Then he said: "Whew.
Had a lot of psychic momentum, that ane; I just did stop him. He'll be all rick now. What next?"
Park told everybody but Callahan to go out. Then he explained that Noggle was to give his wheel
another half turn.
"But," objected Noggle, "that'll take seven days. What's going to be done with your body in the
meantime?"
"It'll be kept here, and so will you. When the half-cycle's done, you'll stop my wheel, and then we'll let
you stop your own whenever you like. I've made sure that you'll stay here until you do the right thing by
my wheel, whether you cure your own case or not."
Noggle sighed. "And MacSvensson thock he'd get some simple-minded idealist like the bishop! How is
it that your pattern of acting is otherly from his, when by the laws of luck you started out with much the
same forebearish make-up?"
Park shrugged. "Probably because I've had to fick every step of the way, while he was more or less
born into his job. We're not so otherly, at that; his excess energy went into social crusading, while mine's
gone into politics. Ihave an ideal or two kicking around somewhere. I'd like to meet Bishop Scoglund
some time; think I'd like him."
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"I'm afraid that's undoable," said Noggle. "Even sending you back is risky. I don't know what would
happen if your body died while his mind indwelt it. You might land in still another doable world instead of
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Dobre pomysły nie mają przeszłości, mają tylko przyszłość. Robert Mallet
De minimis - o najmniejszych rzeczach.
Dobroć jest ważniejsza niż mądrość, a uznanie tej prawdy to pierwszy krok do mądrości. Theodore Isaac Rubin
Dobro to tylko to, co szlachetne, zło to tylko to, co haniebne.
Dla człowieka nie tylko świat otaczający jest zagadką; jest on nią sam dla siebie. I z obu tajemnic bardziej dręczącą wydaje się ta druga. Antoni Kępiński (1918-1972)
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