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.The trip would have taken nearly a month.Or perhaps two or threeweeks, if they were willing to be reckless about it.We did it in half an hour.When every ship is equipped with a computer like this one-- Pelorat said, I wonder why the Mayor let us have a ship thisadvanced.It must be incredibly expensive. It s experimental, said Trevize dryly. Maybe fine goodwoman was perfectly willing to have us try it out and see what deficienciesmight develop. Are you serious? Don t get nervous.After all, there s nothing to worry about.We haven t found any deficiencies.I wouldn t put it past her, though.Such athing would put no great strain on her sense of humanity.Besides, she hasn ttrusted us with offensive weapons and that cuts the expense considerably. Pelorat said thoughtfully, It s the computer I m thinkingabout.It seems to be adjusted so well for you--and it can t be adjusted thatwell for everyone.It just barely works withme. So much the better for us, that it works so well with one ofus. Yes, but is that merely chance? What else, Janov? Surely the Mayor knows you pretty well. I think she does, the old battlecraft. Might she not have had a computer designed particularly foryou? I just wonder if we re not going where the computer wants totake us. Trevize stared. You mean that while I m connected to thecomputer, it is the computer--and not me--who is in real charge? I just wonder. That is ridiculous.Paranoid.Comeon , Janov. Trevize turned back to the computer to focus Sayshell Planeton the screen and to plot a normal-space course to it.Ridiculous!But why had Pelorat put the notion into his head?Page 118 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html10.TABLE1.TWO DAYS HAD PASSED AND GENDIBAL FOUND HIMSELF NOT SO MUCH heavyheartedas enraged.There was no reason why there could not have been an immediatehearing.Had he been unprepared--had he needed time--they would have forced animmediate hearing on him, he was sure.But since there was nothing more facing the Second Foundationthan the greatest crisis since the Mule, they wasted time--and to no purposebut to irritate him.Theydid irritate him and, by Seldon, that would make hiscounterstroke the heavier.He was determined on that.He looked about him.The anteroom was empty.It had been likethat for two days now.He was a marked man, a Speaker whom all knew would--bymeans of an action unprecedented in the five-century history of the SecondFoundation--soon lose his position.He would be demoted to the ranks, demotedto the position of a Second Foundationer, plain and simple.It was one thing, however--and a very honored thing--to be aSecond Foundationer of the ranks, particularly if one held a respectabletitle, as Gendibal might even after the impeachment.It would be quite anotherthing to have once been a Speaker and to have been demoted.It won t happen though, thought Gendibal savagely, even thoughfor two days he had been avoided.Only Sura Novi treated him as before, butshe was too nave to understand the situation.To her, Gendibal was still Master. It irritated Gendibal that he found a certain comfort in this.He felt ashamed when he began to notice that his spirits rose when he noticedher gazing at him worshipfully.Was he becoming grateful for giftsthat small?A clerk emerged from the Chamber to tell him that the Tablewas ready for him and Gendibal stalked in.The clerk was one Gendibal knewwell; he was one who knew--to the tiniest fraction--the precise gradation ofcivility that each Speaker deserved.At the moment, that accorded Gendibal wasappallingly low.Even the clerk thought him as good as convicted.They were all sitting about the Table gravely, wearing theblack robes of judgment.First Speaker Shandess looked a bit uncomfortable,but he did not allow his face to crease into the smallest touch offriendliness.Delarmi--one of the three Speakers who were women--did not evenlook at him.The First Speaker said, Speaker Stor Gendibal, you have beenimpeached for behaving in a manner unbecoming a Speaker.You have, before usall, accused the Table--vaguely and without evidence--of treason and attemptedmurder.You have implied that all Second Foundationers--including the SpeakersPage 119 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmland the First Speaker--require a thorough mental analysis to ascertain whoamong them are no longer to be trusted.Such behavior breaks the bonds ofcommunity, without which the Second Foundation cannot control an intricate andpotentially hostile Galaxy and without which they cannot build, with surety, aviable Second Empire. Since we have all witnessed those offenses, we will foregothe presentation of a formal case for the prosecution.We will therefore movedirectly to the next stage.Speaker Stor Gendibal, do you have a defense? Now Delarmi--still not looking at him--allowed herself a smallcatlike smile.Gendibal said, If truth be considered a defense, I have one.Thereare grounds for suspecting a breach of security [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.The trip would have taken nearly a month.Or perhaps two or threeweeks, if they were willing to be reckless about it.We did it in half an hour.When every ship is equipped with a computer like this one-- Pelorat said, I wonder why the Mayor let us have a ship thisadvanced.It must be incredibly expensive. It s experimental, said Trevize dryly. Maybe fine goodwoman was perfectly willing to have us try it out and see what deficienciesmight develop. Are you serious? Don t get nervous.After all, there s nothing to worry about.We haven t found any deficiencies.I wouldn t put it past her, though.Such athing would put no great strain on her sense of humanity.Besides, she hasn ttrusted us with offensive weapons and that cuts the expense considerably. Pelorat said thoughtfully, It s the computer I m thinkingabout.It seems to be adjusted so well for you--and it can t be adjusted thatwell for everyone.It just barely works withme. So much the better for us, that it works so well with one ofus. Yes, but is that merely chance? What else, Janov? Surely the Mayor knows you pretty well. I think she does, the old battlecraft. Might she not have had a computer designed particularly foryou? I just wonder if we re not going where the computer wants totake us. Trevize stared. You mean that while I m connected to thecomputer, it is the computer--and not me--who is in real charge? I just wonder. That is ridiculous.Paranoid.Comeon , Janov. Trevize turned back to the computer to focus Sayshell Planeton the screen and to plot a normal-space course to it.Ridiculous!But why had Pelorat put the notion into his head?Page 118 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html10.TABLE1.TWO DAYS HAD PASSED AND GENDIBAL FOUND HIMSELF NOT SO MUCH heavyheartedas enraged.There was no reason why there could not have been an immediatehearing.Had he been unprepared--had he needed time--they would have forced animmediate hearing on him, he was sure.But since there was nothing more facing the Second Foundationthan the greatest crisis since the Mule, they wasted time--and to no purposebut to irritate him.Theydid irritate him and, by Seldon, that would make hiscounterstroke the heavier.He was determined on that.He looked about him.The anteroom was empty.It had been likethat for two days now.He was a marked man, a Speaker whom all knew would--bymeans of an action unprecedented in the five-century history of the SecondFoundation--soon lose his position.He would be demoted to the ranks, demotedto the position of a Second Foundationer, plain and simple.It was one thing, however--and a very honored thing--to be aSecond Foundationer of the ranks, particularly if one held a respectabletitle, as Gendibal might even after the impeachment.It would be quite anotherthing to have once been a Speaker and to have been demoted.It won t happen though, thought Gendibal savagely, even thoughfor two days he had been avoided.Only Sura Novi treated him as before, butshe was too nave to understand the situation.To her, Gendibal was still Master. It irritated Gendibal that he found a certain comfort in this.He felt ashamed when he began to notice that his spirits rose when he noticedher gazing at him worshipfully.Was he becoming grateful for giftsthat small?A clerk emerged from the Chamber to tell him that the Tablewas ready for him and Gendibal stalked in.The clerk was one Gendibal knewwell; he was one who knew--to the tiniest fraction--the precise gradation ofcivility that each Speaker deserved.At the moment, that accorded Gendibal wasappallingly low.Even the clerk thought him as good as convicted.They were all sitting about the Table gravely, wearing theblack robes of judgment.First Speaker Shandess looked a bit uncomfortable,but he did not allow his face to crease into the smallest touch offriendliness.Delarmi--one of the three Speakers who were women--did not evenlook at him.The First Speaker said, Speaker Stor Gendibal, you have beenimpeached for behaving in a manner unbecoming a Speaker.You have, before usall, accused the Table--vaguely and without evidence--of treason and attemptedmurder.You have implied that all Second Foundationers--including the SpeakersPage 119 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmland the First Speaker--require a thorough mental analysis to ascertain whoamong them are no longer to be trusted.Such behavior breaks the bonds ofcommunity, without which the Second Foundation cannot control an intricate andpotentially hostile Galaxy and without which they cannot build, with surety, aviable Second Empire. Since we have all witnessed those offenses, we will foregothe presentation of a formal case for the prosecution.We will therefore movedirectly to the next stage.Speaker Stor Gendibal, do you have a defense? Now Delarmi--still not looking at him--allowed herself a smallcatlike smile.Gendibal said, If truth be considered a defense, I have one.Thereare grounds for suspecting a breach of security [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]