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"Uh uh." She shook her yellow head. "A few minutes before that. That was when I read your name in the list of officers on the board. First Officer, Carlyle Deston. I got a tingle that went from the tips of my toes up and out through the very ends of my hair. UH UH SHE SHOOK HER YELLOW HEAD A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THAT THAT WAS WHEN I READ YOUR NAME IN THE LIST OF OFFICERS ON THE BOARD FIRST OFFICER CARLYLE DESTON I GOT A TINGLE THAT WENT FROM THE TIPS OF MY TOES UP AND OUT THROUGH THE VERY ENDS OF MY HAIR
d as eyes met eyes and she rose to her feet a shock-wave swept through him that made him feel as though his every hair was standing straight on end. "Excuse me, please," she said to the other three at her table. "I must go now." She tossed her cards down onto the table and walked straight toward him; eyes still holding eyes. He backed hastily out into the corridor, and as the door closed behind her they went naturally and wordlessly into each other's arms. Lips met lips in a kiss that lasted for a long, long time. It was not a passionate embrace--passion would come later--it was as though each of them, after endless years of bootless, fruitless longing, had come finally home. "Come with me, dear, where we can talk," she said, finally; eying with disfavor the half-dozen highly interested spectators. And a couple of minutes later, in cabin two hundred eighty-one, Deston said: "So _this_ is why I had to come down into passenger territory. You came aboard at exactly zero seven forty-three. K AROUND SHE WAS PLAYING BRIDGE AND AS EYES MET EYES AND SHE ROSE TO HER FEET A SHOCK WAVE SWEPT THROUGH HIM THAT MADE HIM FEEL AS THOUGH HIS EVERY HAIR WAS STANDING STRAIGHT ON END EXCUSE ME PLEASE SHE SAID TO THE OTHER THREE AT HER TABLE I MUST GO NOW SHE TOSSED HER CARDS DOWN ON TO THE TABLE AND WALKED STRAIGHT TOWARD HIM EYES STILL HOLDING EYES HE BACKED HASTILY OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR AND AS THE DOOR CLOSED BEHIND HER THEY WENT NATURALLY AND WORDLESSLY INTO EACH OTHER'S ARMS LIPS MET LIPS IN A KISS THAT LASTED FOR A LONG LONG TIME IT WAS NOT A PASSIONATE EMBRACE PASSION WOULD COME LATER IT WAS AS THOUGH EACH OF THEM AFTER ENDLESS YEARS OF BOOTLESS FRUITLESS LONGING HAD COME FINALLY HOME COME WITH ME DEAR WHERE WE CAN TALK SHE SAID FINALLY EYEING WITH DISFAVOUR THE HALF DOZEN HIGHLY INTERESTED SPECTATORS AND A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER IN CABIN TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DESTON SAID SO THIS IS WHY I HAD TO COME DOWN INTO PASSENGER TERRITORY YOU CAME ABOARD AT EXACTLY ZERO SEVEN FORTY THREE
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