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"
Europe
,
"
said
Madame
Szegeczowska
,
in
her
soft
French
,
"
is
essentially
an
economic
appendage
of
the
Northern
Region
.
We
know
it
,
and
it
does
n't
matter
.
"
And
as
though
in
resigned
acceptance
of
a
lack
of
individuality
,
there
was
no
map
of
Europe
on
the
wall
of
the
Madame
Co-ordinator
's
office
.
"
And
yet
,
"
pointed
out
Byerley
,
"
you
have
a
Machine
of
your
own
,
and
you
are
certainly
under
no
economic
pressure
from
across
the
ocean
.
"
"
A
Machine
!
Bah
!
"
She
shrugged
her
delicate
shoulders
,
and
allowed
a
thin
smile
to
cross
her
little
face
as
she
tamped
out
a
cigarette
with
long
fingers
.
"
Europe
is
a
sleepy
place
.
And
such
of
our
men
as
do
not
manage
to
emigrate
to
the
Tropics
are
tired
and
sleepy
along
with
it
.
You
see
for
yourself
that
it
is
myself
,
a
poor
woman
,
to
whom
falls
the
task
of
being
Vice-Co-ordinator
.
Well
,
fortunately
,
it
is
not
a
difficult
job
,
and
not
much
is
expected
of
me
.
"
As
for
the
Machine
-
What
can
it
say
but
'D
o
this
and
it
will
be
best
for
you
.
'
But
what
is
best
for
us
?
Why
,
to
be
an
economic
appendage
of
the
Northern
Region
.
"
And
is
it
so
terrible
?
No
wars
!
We
live
in
peace
--
and
it
is
pleasant
after
seven
thousand
years
of
war
.
We
are
old
,
monsieur
.
In
our
borders
,
we
have
the
regions
where
Occidental
civilization
was
cradled
.
We
have
Egypt
and
Mesopotamia
;
Crete
and
Syria
;
Asia
Minor
and
Greece
.
-
But
old
age
is
not
necessarily
an
unhappy
time
.
It
can
be
a
fruition
-
"
"
Perhaps
you
are
right
,
"
said
Byerley
,
affably
.
"
At
least
the
tempo
of
life
is
not
as
intense
as
in
the
other
Regions
.
It
is
a
pleasant
atmosphere
.
"
"
Is
it
not
?
-
Tea
is
being
brought
,
monsieur
.
If
you
will
indicate
your
cream
and
sugar
preference
,
please
.
Thank
you
.
She
sipped
gently
,
then
continued
,
"
It
is
pleasant
.
The
rest
of
Earth
is
welcome
to
the
continuing
struggle
.
I
find
a
parallel
here
;
a
very
interesting
one
.
There
was
a
time
when
Rome
was
master
of
the
world
.
It
had
adopted
the
culture
and
civilization
of
Greece
;
a
Greece
which
had
never
been
united
,
which
had
ruined
itself
with
war
,
and
which
was
ending
in
a
state
of
decadent
squalor
.
Rome
united
it
,
brought
it
peace
and
let
it
live
a
life
of
secure
non-glory
.
It
occupied
itself
with
its
philosophies
and
its
art
,
far
from
the
clash
of
growth
and
war
.
It
was
a
sort
of
death
,
but
it
was
restful
,
and
it
lasted
with
minor
breaks
for
some
four
hundred
years
.
"
