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"
I
think
it
's
just
a
dead
planet
,
"
he
said
.
"
The
suspense
is
killing
me
,
"
said
Arthur
testily
.
Stress
and
nervous
tension
are
now
serious
social
problems
in
all
parts
of
the
Galaxy
,
and
it
is
in
order
that
this
situation
should
not
in
any
way
be
exacerbated
that
the
following
facts
will
now
be
revealed
in
advance
.
The
planet
in
question
is
in
fact
the
legendary
Magrathea
.
The
deadly
missile
attack
shortly
to
be
launched
by
an
ancient
automatic
defence
system
will
result
merely
in
the
breakage
of
three
coffee
cups
and
a
micecage
,
the
bruising
of
somebody
's
upper
arm
,
and
the
untimely
creation
and
sudden
demise
of
a
bowl
of
petunias
and
an
innocent
sperm
whale
.
In
order
that
some
sense
of
mystery
should
still
be
preserved
,
no
revelation
will
yet
be
made
concerning
whose
upper
arm
sustained
the
bruise
.
This
fact
may
safely
be
made
the
subject
of
suspense
since
it
is
of
no
significance
whatsoever
.
After
a
fairly
shaky
start
to
the
day
,
Arthur
's
mind
was
beginning
to
reassemble
itself
from
the
shellshocked
fragments
the
previous
day
had
left
him
with
.
He
had
found
a
Nutri-Matic
machine
which
had
provided
him
with
a
plastic
cup
filled
with
a
liquid
that
was
almost
,
but
not
quite
,
entirely
unlike
tea
.
The
way
it
functioned
was
very
interesting
.
When
the
Drink
button
was
pressed
it
made
an
instant
but
highly
detailed
examination
of
the
subject
's
taste
buds
,
a
spectroscopic
analysis
of
the
subject
's
metabolism
and
then
sent
tiny
experimental
signals
down
the
neural
pathways
to
the
taste
centres
of
the
subject
's
brain
to
see
what
was
likely
to
go
down
well
.
However
,
no
one
knew
quite
why
it
did
this
because
it
invariably
delivered
a
cupful
of
liquid
that
was
almost
,
but
not
quite
,
entirely
unlike
tea
.
The
Nutri-Matic
was
designed
and
manufactured
by
the
Sirius
Cybernetics
Corporation
whose
complaints
department
now
covers
all
the
major
land
masses
of
the
first
three
planets
in
the
Sirius
Tau
Star
system
.
Arthur
drank
the
liquid
and
found
it
reviving
.
He
glanced
up
at
the
screens
again
and
watched
a
few
more
hundred
miles
of
barren
greyness
slide
past
.
It
suddenly
occurred
to
him
to
ask
a
question
which
had
been
bothering
him
.
"
Is
it
safe
?
"
he
said
.
"
Magrathea
's
been
dead
for
five
million
years
,
"
said
Zaphod
,
"
of
course
it
's
safe
.
Even
the
ghosts
will
have
settled
down
and
raised
families
by
now
.
"
At
which
point
a
strange
and
inexplicable
sound
thrilled
suddenly
through
the
bridge
--
a
noise
as
of
a
distant
fanfare
;
a
hollow
,
reedy
,
insubstantial
sound
.
