strong faces. It was totally controlled. ." "No.

 "Handwrought
 "Handwrought. "Listen; I rode that rig not to drive but keep off hijackers. I have lost a fifteen-thousand-dollar sale. How to purify their water. Reiss thought. Juliana Frink saw the dot of light in the sky shoot in an arc. Searching his memory. wished Childan good night. sir?" Mr. well. listen to. excitement. "No. folding type. From Ray Calvin he had received restitution for the Colt . I not having had opportunity to have my lunch. . I should have consulted the oracle. and before that.

 As yet no word has come as to the expected convening of the Reichstag." Once more the tape recorder whirred." Joe said after a long time." the girl said. as depicted in Abendsen's book." he said. The voice faded and became garbled. Does it have to go on forever? The war ended years ago. . Those pale skinny Nordic SS fairies in those training castles in Bavaria." Reiss made himself comfortable at his desk as Kreuz vom Meere droned away. perhaps I could get your help with a book which has given me certain trouble. All our religion is wrong. insane? A legal definition. you were only seventeen years old. Nothing remained but to sell. into the vast black deep beyond. Whichever you prefer." Childan mumbled.

 Perhaps new policy of not making calls. Tagomi himself. with bubble gum. Sounds -- he involuntarily put his fingers up to cover his ears. Mr. Mr. He hopped to the door and out to the front office." Paul said. Yatabe had rung off. . Occasions the interplay of the two primal forces so that there is always renewal. taxi. disdaining the Wehrmacht units bumping through the streets below. all in an undertone and very urgently." Baynes said. only kindness." "Welfare work on a worldwide scale. Like Mussolini did. holding out his hand.

 Juliana excused herself and walked to the vacant shower; someone else was approaching it with a towel over her arm. He trembled. The air of his store smelled of the marigolds; the music played on. she concentrated on the page open in her lap. and then only when it was spoken in the most formal and correct manner." Wyndam-Matson said. whom rudely. We'd be living under Red rule now.DR. clothes and small suitcase. and Mr. she thought. But only Ed could go there; Childan would certainly remember Frank Frink. Probably so many of them. Run? All in preparation for panic flight. Did you forget. Nothing. sir. gasped a place-conscious acknowledgment and began loading Mr.

" "What. Like in Shakespeare. "Nobody wants contemporary American; there isn't any such thing. Possibly someday I'll be well enough to travel to Europe and see all that has been done. Childan. And he is shrewd; I'll bet he's right in his analysis of me -- I have a neurotic fear of the masculine. We would see them there. . "You know that. When next he paused and looked up the store was empty." Joe said. What does he say about Pearl Harbor?" "President Tugwell is so smart that he has all the ships out to sea. So watch it. Now we have a little march. it all was somehow grander. Reichstag in session. American. Mr. he decided.

 the side with the picture. one question or another? Here came the hexagram. "You are feeling better. the Leader's magic had carried him. told them to send a man over at once. the portable battery-operated tape recorder ready. Mr." the Non-Ferrous Ores man said. "when General Rommel was relieved of his post and that awful Lammers was appointed in his place. the boy noticed. a wino. We spent a million years escaping him. C. now rose decidedly. and the drivers. a mass delusion. Glenn Miller. rice-paper Dad reading the newspaper. the silver resting against her bare flesh.

 . Churchill is so --" "You mean he's still in power? Wouldn't he be around ninety?" Joe said. mounted his own seat and pedaled off along Montgomery Street. . Can you feel it?" He nudged her. "Pardon my insistence in this. Ugh. Whites and Negroes lived and worked and ate shoulder by shoulder. for a moment. Mr. Nothing has gone wrong; I am being overly scrupulous. sir. Since he had never been able to make out Wyndam-Matson's relationship to the pinocs -- the puppet white government at Sacramento -- he could not fathom his ex-employer's power to sway the real authorities. Someday I know you will have understanding of the reasons which cause me to defer our conference until the old gentleman --" "Regretfully. his legs folded beneath him. Had he actually walked streets of quiet cars. that crazy Seyss-Inquart carrying out Rosenberg's schemes. Tagomi said. selling out every cause because of their greed -- all he's got to do is thump on the drum.

 it was not a joke. worse. "this does look interesting. Eleven-thirty! Good grief. enjoying the cool. peering down into her face. too. An attempt will be made to trace me. And then you can try a couple. wandering up Market Street. shuffle his samples about. ." With great deliberation. While the Germans were busy bustling enormous robot construction systems across space." Half an hour later. well-dressed in a British overcoat. And one never sees anything like it. Twenty-eight. but look straight through them as if they did not exist.

 until during the war. And he had everything out. but to him. this town in Russia very heroically called 'Stalingrad. "Robert. all alike. So you'll have a record of what you've left with me. Deep sorrow. and who's he giving the credit to? The New Deal. They had simply let their enthusiasm get the better of them there. it was distressing. It was sunk by an American submarine in 1945. Memory of his ordeal with Mr. first off the bat. or I am. even if we did lose the war. N. Tagomi said. Mr.

 "Look here. Mr. saw Mr. I'll change the tags. It was too much; he felt his gaze blur. propped it open. his arms still folded. This man is pushing me too far." "No. The newspaper. . . wandering up Market Street. Something nice. And then he recalled his two o'clock appointment with Mr. may have played role in Himmler's not yet fully explained death in 1948. And when the kit had been assembled by some gaunt. "His interests keep him informed as to the Home Islands markets. It was his specialty.

" Coming into the living room where Joe lay in the bed. I suggest you go to the Bank of Tokyo on Samson Street and exchange there. Juliana. the fabulous design of the Japanese architects -- and the surrounding gardens of dwarf evergreens. his name was. As so often. Have you been told about a third party who is to join us in our discussions?" Mr. Both have favorable judgments. so-called. They can control an entire society. Real issue in war was: old versus new." The man goggled at him. although actually he had not even been told what this meeting would cover. He was not a mere police bureaucrat." Juliana said. he had professionally flower-raised back home on Hokkaido." He glanced around; the girl was off somewhere. the U. "Who is journeying by ship.

 Presently a clerk. ". No matter what Mr. "because I do not in any physical way appear Jewish; I have had my nose altered.A. Do America and Britain get into a war. "I am prepared." the Japanese said. toward the end. because the nonsensical dream had begun to lift from his mind. It did not make sense." Glancing briefly at her as he sat hunched at the counter." Paul nodded slightly. Open my little business. They are not sitting helplessly waiting. Thunder and lightning. "Are your brothers still alive?" Juliana asked. to suppress this damn book. personal articles.

 table. chucked her beneath the chin. . But as he isupright in character. Supposedly native art. Childan noticed that all parts of the phonograph were concealed. but if any unloading were taking place -- for instance. "I've heard of this Hawthorne Abendsen. Or the old general might be involved in commercial speculations. "We have a report. idiom. had once more seated herself on the carpet. This fellow --" Joe closed the book. Like a cow catching sight of the trough; I gallop without premeditation. Did my Civil War recruiting poster arrive yet. dark. Yatabe" cover. nobody has ever done it before. Eerie.

 As we've been told; they can see things no one else can." To her surprise. Frink said. Good lord. Then another pin. But he could do nothing about it. Peace. Finger marks all over it. selling out every cause because of their greed -- all he's got to do is thump on the drum. Or is that bad? Sign of subconscious disapproval? He stirred. U. one on the cars ahead. tips.S. I will report you. I'm woolgathering. All he could do was adopt the point of view of Hexagram Fifteen; this was that sort of moment. the goddam line; it refers to something deeper. and she still did not know quite why.

 Ramsey. "lies in San Francisco Bay at this moment. Nebraska. "The Security Police --" "The SD can go over my record. "Quite fond of steak." "Eh?" Childan said.S. They would know. Instead of the real thing. although more thoughtful advice would have cautioned them to perhaps let it wait a bit until. But such is the way it goes. and resumed where he had last been forced to stop. "Who do you represent?" "Edfrank Jewelry. recreation. He works all the details out; the U. but she did have a point." Still feeling disappointed. in North Africa and the U. what then? Would they fill their bellies.

 Clue to Mr." He patted Ed McCarthy on the arm and then trotted off." he said. Evidently she had left San Francisco. You probably don't remember him. "Oh God. he gathered it up and replaced it in its spot." Plerdehuf said. The one I like. spinneis. Only because I --" He cut his sentence off. consulting a clipboard of papers which he had taken from a briefcase on the couch. At last Childan reached out and pointed at a pin. to have met her and been in love -- be in love -- with her. . Robert Childan lit a Land-O-Smiles and stood rocking back and forth on his heels. I'm going to quit and go in with you. the Reichskanzler is now confirmed as dead. This meeting.

" Childan glanced into the hamper. a day or so offshore. I think they've got one of those camps in New York. All persons filed in. All the showers were in use." "Following that. long. That would please her. He looks like a Tenderloin bum. Yesterday he had done wrong at the factory." "Why not try? Joe --" She grabbed his shoulder. sir. as if he believed in nothing and yet somehow had absolute faith. "Would that be so bad?" "You read the book?" "No. What do you say?" There was nothing that Wyndam-Matson could think of to say. Robert Childan thought. she lifted it out." "That's hideous. Listen --" He jabbed his finger at her.

" "And Japan is defeated because there's no Pearl Harbor. or all at once you find yourself consul to a bunch of niggers on an island off the coast of South Africa. anyhow." he said." she said. but money-oriented even so. she saw that he was not as young as she had thought. this mistrust.A. "to live like that. My designs. agronomists. I could make the effort to dazzle him into a better comprehension with authentic works of Chinese scroll art or ceramics of our Tokugawa Period. Tagomi had consulted it. First of all. equally. Maybe he identifies with them because they're ugly. "I was just looking at it. and felt better.

 On his arm." He had been about eight years old. "The Moment for us all. "to live like that." He glanced at her. pierced ears for the long dangling brass handmade earrings. sir?" Naturally. then I give Betty a call on the phone tomorrow or next day to get her reaction. And he's left out the bad part. As Robert Childan stood astonished in the doorway. And as a matter of fact. "Did they hurt you much?" "Who?" "The Japs. Juliana thought. In any case. "Why?" he shouted in agitation. strong faces. It was totally controlled. ." "No.