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“I don’t remember, really,” he pleaded. “Perhaps it was shown to me in my recent experiences, just as I knew you would meet me tonight, and as I knew about Earl and his house here,” he stated very sincerely. “Yes, Adam,” I assured him. “That is just it. 1am ofthe opinion that you were shown, or had read to you, a copy of the manuscript by the visitors from space, themselves,” “That must be the answer,” countered Adam. “Another “Another example is the fact that I recognized you as you walked in the door at the cafe. I even called you by name, so sure was I that it was you, yet I can’t recall how I had come to know you. Let’s let it go at that for the time being; it may all come out later on. As in your own experiences, at the moment I seem to remember clearly only the things I have yet to say, and as I tell them they fall back, lost to me for the time being. So, let me continue to tell my story. “As I was saying, we sat down on the two seats that were firmly fastened to the floor. She took the seat on the left and I the one on the right. She was not a phantom, but very real, for we were sitting close enough that our arms touched. The door slid closed as we sat down, and I could no longer discern the door area from the rest of the hull. “The seats were soft, and were of the same tone as the ship itself. The floor was so identical to the hull it was hard to distinguish it as a floor except that it was flat and under foot. The ship became completely opaque, so we could see nothing through it. The glittering colors of its crystal-plastic material faded to more subdued tones, and it became a little darker. “We sat back comfortably, and soon I could feel a slight push of the seat against my back, legs, and head. We were in motion. Then the interior darkened, and all the diamondlike glitter disappeared. But soon it lighted up again. Yes, Orfeo, wood disappeared. But soon it lighted up again. Yes, Orfeo, I recall having read the same in your account, but you did not know why the ship had darkened, then became radiant again. This I was anxious to know. I thought But it again. up soon radiant know. radiant again. This I was anxious to know. I thought that it might be the effect of the ionosphere as we traversed it. I anxious to was 49 THE DANCE IN A GLASS