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           However!Sheboreherselfratherlikeanoffendedqueen,andwentupstairstochange.

           Thatevening,Cliffordwantedtobenicetoher.Hewasreadingoneofthelatestscientific-religiousbooks:hehadastreakofaspurioussortofreligioninhim,andwasegocentricallyconcernedwiththefutureofhisownego.ItwaslikehishabittomakeconversationtoConnieaboutsomebook,sincetheconversationbetweenthemhadtobemade,almostchemically.Theyhadalmostchemicallytoconcoctitintheirheads.

           ’Whatdoyouthinkofthis,bytheway?’hesaid,reachingforhisbook.’You’dhavenoneedtocoolyourardentbodybyrunningoutintherain,ifonlywehaveafewmoreaeonsofevolutionbehindus.Ah,hereitis!--"Theuniverseshowsustwoaspects:ononesideitisphysicallywasting,ontheotheritisspirituallyascending."’

           Connielistened,expectingmore.ButCliffordwaswaiting.Shelookedathiminsurprise.

           ’Andifitspirituallyascends,’shesaid,’whatdoesitleavedownbelow,intheplacewhereitstailusedtobe?’

           ’Ah!’hesaid.’Takethemanforwhathemeans.ascendingistheoppositeofhiswasting,Ipresume.’

           ’Spirituallyblownout,sotospeak!’

           ’No,butseriously,withoutjoking:doyouthinkthereisanythinginit?’

           Shelookedathimagain.

           ’Physicallywasting?’shesaid.’Iseeyougettingfatter,andI’mnotwastingmyself.Doyouthinkthesunissmallerthanheusedtobe?He’snottome.AndIsupposetheappleAdamofferedEvewasn’treallymuchbigger,ifany,thanoneofourorangepippins.