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His
own
feeling
for
Finge
approached
something
like
detestation
thereafter
.
Three
months
of
raking
through
the
482nd
had
exhausted
most
of
its
worth
-
while
meat
and
when
Harlan
received
a
sudden
call
to
Finge
’
s
office
,
he
was
not
surprised
.
He
was
expecting
a
change
in
assignment
.
His
final
summary
had
been
prepared
days
before
.
The
482nd
was
anxious
to
export
more
cellulose
-
base
textiles
to
Centuries
which
were
deforested
,
such
as
the
1174th
,
but
were
unwilling
to
accept
smoked
fish
in
return
.
A
long
list
of
such
items
was
contained
in
due
order
and
with
due
analysis
.
He
took
the
draft
of
the
summary
with
him
.
But
no
mention
of
the
482nd
was
made
.
Instead
Finge
introduced
him
to
a
withered
and
wrinkled
little
man
,
with
sparse
white
hair
and
a
gnomelike
face
that
throughout
the
interview
was
stamped
with
a
perpetual
smile
.
It
varied
between
extremes
of
anxiety
and
joviality
but
never
quite
disappeared
.
Between
two
of
his
yellow
-
stained
fingers
lay
a
burning
cigarette
.
It
was
the
first
cigarette
Harlan
had
ever
seen
,
otherwise
he
would
have
paid
more
attention
to
the
man
,
less
to
the
smoking
cylinder
,
and
been
better
prepared
for
Finge
’
s
introduction
.
Finge
said
,
"
Senior
Computer
Twissell
,
this
is
Observer
Andrew
Harlan
.
"
Harlan
’
s
eyes
shifted
in
shock
from
the
little
man
’
s
cigarette
to
his
face
.
Senior
Computer
Twissell
said
in
a
high
-
pitched
voice
,
"
How
do
you
do
?
So
this
is
the
young
man
who
writes
those
excellent
reports
?
"
Harlan
found
no
voice
.
Laban
Twissell
was
a
legend
,
a
living
myth
.
Laban
Twissell
was
a
man
he
should
have
recognized
at
once
.
He
was
the
outstanding
Computer
in
Eternity
,
which
was
another
way
of
saying
he
was
the
most
eminent
Eternal
alive
.
He
was
the
dean
of
the
Allwhen
Council
.
He
had
directed
more
Reality
Changes
than
any
man
in
the
history
of
Eternity
.
He
was
—
He
had
—
Harlan
’
s
mind
failed
him
altogether
.
He
nodded
his
head
with
a
doltish
grin
and
said
nothing
.
