ng motor drowned out the rest, but the old
fellow was still gesticulating and dancing about when they clattered
off down the winding road to Lenville.
* * * * *
An hour later Joan had fallen asleep, exhausted.
Night had fallen and, as mile after mile of smooth concrete unrolled
beneath the flivver's wheels, Bert gave himself over to thoughts he
had not dared to entertain in nearly two years. They'd be happy, he
and Joan, and there'd be no further argument. If she still objected to
living on the fruit farm, that could be managed easily. They'd live in
Indianapolis and he'd buy a new car, a good one, to run back and
forth. If, when her grief for Tom had lessened, she wanted to go on
with laboratory work and such--well, that was easy, too. Only there
would be no fooling around with this dimensional stuff--she'd had
enough of that, he knew.
He drew her close with his free arm and his thoughts shifted--moved
far out in infra-dimensional space to dwell upon the man of the past
who had called himself Wanderer of Infinity. He who would go on and on
until the end of time, until the end of all things, watching over the
many worlds and planes. Warning peoples of humanlike mold and emotions
wherever they might dwell. Helping them. Atoning throughout infinity.
Suffering.
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