银河系漫游指南国语 经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第28章1

经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第28章1  

Chapter 28
It was a long time before anyone spoke.
Out of the corner of his eYe Phouchg could see the sea of tense expectant faces down in the square outside.
"We're going to get lynched aren't we?" he whispered.
"It was a tough assignment
" said Deep Thought mildly.
"Forty-o!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly
" said the puter
"and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem
to be quite honest with you
is that you've never actually known what the question is."
"But it was the Great Question! The Ultimate Question of Life
the Universe and Everything!" howled Loonquawl.
"Yes
" said Deep Thought with the air of one who suffers fools gladly
"but what actually is it?"
A slow stupefied silence crept over the men as they stared at the puter and then at each other.
"Well
you know
it's just Everything ... Everything ..." offered Phouchg weakly.
"Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is
you'll know what the answer means."
"Oh terrific
" muttered Phouchg flinging aside his notebook and wiping away a tiny tear.
"Look
alright
alright
" said Loonquawl
"can you just please tell us the Question?"
"The Ultimate Question?"
"Yes!"
"Of Life
the Universe
and Everything?"
"Yes!"