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Show that was what your grandfather felt always," she said aloud. "Felt he that the Doctors gave the Bauercrats leave to take over their lives to such a weary extent that that's all there was on the planet-Bauercrats and Data. E'en then, e'en in your grandfather's time, my girl, the NewOxbridge main computer had an underground memory storage area as full large as the city above it." "Now there are vaults for the auxiliary memory in the HighTartars near the Zettian valleys." Dr'Anya turned to Janni in surprise. "Where didst thou hear such a thing?" "From my chambermate, the fair Lori, where'else?" Janni allowed herself to laugh. The fair Lori, Janni would be bound, knew more about BauerWorlde than the highest placed BauerWorlders themselves. A BauerBeaver, her dear Lori be, digged she for facts so assidiously,- and that rightly. The girl's face came into Janni's mind and the maiden shook her head. E'en did she look the part, the dear wight, for Lori's teeth were full prominent in front! But Dr'Anya felt oddly depressed and left behind, for in truth she'd heard not at all about these vaults. She felt of a sudden forgotten and old, when she was in reality still full young. She saw herself in a wheelchair, like unto her forefather, Isaac but, unlike him, fair useless, a castoff. She thought of the Mechanism that Dr'Igor mentioned, and the veiled warnings from her father to secrecy. She thought of the Revolution that Dr'Igor mentioned, too, and his_ warning not to lead the Bauercrats to Ben's place with the aircar-Ben's place which was in the HighTartars near the .Zettian Valleys. Assuredly; it made altogether something of fair interest, 134 |