宇宙尽头的餐馆小说 经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》第24章6

经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》第24章6  

Ford tossed down his drink
took the bottle from the first officer’s tray and refilled his glass to the top.
“What
” he said
“is a ‘B’ Ark?”
“This is
” said the Captain
and swished the foamy water around joyfully with the duck.
“Yes
” said Ford
“but…”
“Well what happened you see was
” said the Captain
“our pla
the world from which we have e
was
so to speak
doomed.”
“Doomed?”
“Oh yes. So what everyone thought was
let’s pack the whole population into some giant spaceships and go and settle on another pla.”
Having told this much of his story
he settled back with a satisfied grunt.
“You mean a less doomed one?” promoted Arthur.
“What did you say dear fellow?”
“A less doomed pla. You were going to settle on.”
“Are going to settle on
yes. So it was decided to build three ships
you see
three Arks in Space
and… I’m not boring you am I?”
“No
no
” said Ford firmly
“it’s fascinating.”
“You know it’s delightful
” reflected the Captain
“to have someone else to talk to for a change.”
Number Two’s eyes darted feverishly about the room again and then settled back on the mirror
like a pair of flies briefly distracted from their favourite prey of months old meat.
“Trouble with a long journey like this
” continued the Captain
“is that you end up just talking to yourself a lot
which gets terribly boring because half the time you know what you’re going to say next.”
“Only half the time?” asked Arthur in surprise.
The Captain thought for a moment.