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Finge
said
calmly
,
"
I
have
another
copy
.
"
But
Harlan
was
holding
the
remnants
between
thumb
and
forefinger
as
though
it
might
explode
.
"
Computer
Finge
,
there
is
some
mistake
.
Surely
I
am
not
to
be
expected
to
use
the
home
of
this
woman
as
base
for
a
near
-
week
stay
in
Time
.
"
The
Computer
pursed
his
lips
.
"
Why
not
,
if
the
spatio
-
temporal
requirements
are
such
.
If
there
is
a
personal
problem
involved
between
yourself
and
Miss
Lam
—
"
"
No
personal
problem
at
all
,
"
interposed
Harlan
hotly
.
"
Some
kind
of
problem
,
certainly
.
In
the
circumstances
,
I
will
go
as
far
as
to
explain
certain
aspects
of
the
Observational
problem
.
This
is
not
to
be
taken
as
a
precedent
,
of
course
.
"
Harlan
sat
motionless
.
He
was
thinking
hard
and
fast
.
Ordinarily
professional
pride
would
have
forced
Harlan
to
disdain
explanation
.
An
Observer
,
or
Technician
,
for
that
matter
,
did
his
job
without
question
.
And
ordinarily
a
Computer
would
never
dream
of
offering
explanation
.
Here
,
however
,
was
something
unusual
.
Harlan
had
complained
concerning
the
girl
,
the
so
-
called
secretary
.
Finge
was
afraid
the
complaint
might
go
further
.
(
"
The
guilty
fleeth
when
no
man
pursueth
,
"
thought
Harlan
with
grim
satisfaction
and
tried
to
remember
where
he
had
read
that
phrase
.
)
Finge
’
s
strategy
was
obvious
,
therefore
.
By
stationing
Harlan
in
the
woman
’
s
dwelling
place
he
would
be
ready
to
make
counteraccusations
if
matters
went
far
enough
.
Harlan
’
s
value
as
a
witness
against
him
would
be
destroyed
.
And
,
of
course
,
he
would
have
to
have
some
specious
explanation
for
placing
Harlan
in
such
a
place
,
and
this
would
be
it
.
Harlan
listened
with
barely
hidden
contempt
.
Finge
said
,
"
As
you
know
,
the
various
Centuries
are
aware
of
the
existence
of
Eternity
.
They
know
that
we
supervise
intertemporal
trade
.
They
consider
that
to
be
our
chief
function
,
which
is
good
.
They
have
a
dim
knowledge
that
we
are
also
here
to
prevent
catastrophe
from
striking
mankind
.
That
is
more
a
superstition
than
anything
else
,
but
it
is
more
or
less
correct
,
and
good
,
too
.
We
supply
the
generations
with
a
mass
father
image
and
a
certain
feeling
of
security
.
You
see
all
that
,
don
’
t
you
?
"
