银河系漫游指南国语 经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第13章 Part3

经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第13章 Part3  

Ford was not going to be outcooled. "Zaphod
" he drawled
"great to see you
you're looking well
the extra arm suits you. Nice ship you've stolen."
Arthur goggled at him.
"You mean you know this guy?" he said
waving a wild finger at Zaphod.
"Know him!" exclaimed Ford
"he's ..." he paused
and decided to do the introductions the other way round.
"Oh
Zaphod
this is a friend of mine
Arthur Dent
" he said
"I saved him when his pla blew up."
"Oh sure
" said Zaphod
"hi Arthur
glad you could make it." His right-hand head looked round casually
said "hi" and went back to having his teeth picked.
Ford carried on. "And Arthur
" he said
"this is my semi-cousin Zaphod Beeb ..."
"We've met
" said Arthur sharply.
When you're cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard driving cars and are feeling pretty pleased with yourself and then accidentally change down from fourth to first instead of third thus making your engine leap out of your bon in a rather ugly mess
it tends to throw you off your stride in much the same way that this remark threw Ford Prefect off his.
"Err ... what?"
"I said we've met."
Zaphod gave an awkward start of surprise and jabbed a gum sharply.