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The parents did not want to be pilloried as crackpots, as publicity seeking liars, or as being unable to count; and they knew that nobody would believe them if they told the truth; even  or especially? THE PARENTS DID NOT WANT TO BE PILLORIED AS CRACK POTS AS PUBLIC SEEKING LIARS OR AS BEING UNABLE TO COUNT AND THEY KNEW THAT NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE THEM IF THEY TOLD THE TRUTH EVEN OR ESPECIALLY
ile still a First Officer, but his superiors would not accept his resignation until his promotion "for outstanding services" came through. Thus, Ex-Captain Carlyle Deston and his wife were dead-heading, not quite back to Earth, but to the transfer-point for the planet Newmars. "Theodore Warner Deston is going to be born on Newmars, where he should be," Barbara had said, and Deston had agreed. "But suppose she's Theodora?" Bernice had twitted her. "Uh-uh," Barbara had said, calmly. "I just _know_ he's Theodore." "Uh-huh, I know." Bernice had nodded her spectacular head. "And we wanted a girl, so she is. Barbara Bernice Jones, her name is. A living doll." Although both pregnancies were well advanced, neither was very near full term. Thus it was clear that both periods of gestation were going to be well over a year in length; but none of the five persons who knew it so much as mentioned the fact. To Adams it was only one tiny datum in an incredibly huge and complex mathematical structure. S NOW A MARRIED MAN DESTON HAD WANTED TO RESIGN WHILE STILL A FIRST OFFICER BUT HIS SUPERIORS WOULD NOT ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION UNTIL HIS PROMOTION FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES CAME THROUGH THUS EX CAPTAIN CARLYLE DESTON AND HIS WIFE WERE DEAD HEADING NOT QUITE BACK TO EARTH BUT TO THE TRANSFER POINT FOR THE PLANET OF NEW MARS THEODORE WARNER DESTON IS GOING TO BE BORN ON NEW MARS WHERE HE SHOULD BE BARBARA HAD SAID AND DESTON HAD AGREED BUT SUPPOSE SHE'S A THEODORA BERNICE HAD TWITTED HER AH HABA SAID CALMLY I JUST KNOW HE'S A THEODORE AH I KNOW BERNICE HAD NODDED HER SPECTACULAR HEAD AND WE WANTED A GIRL SO SHE IS BARBARA BERNICE JONES HER NAME IS A LIVING DOLL ALTHOUGH BOTH PREGNANCIES WERE WELL ADVANCED NEITHER WAS VERY NEAR FULL TERM THUS IT WAS CLEAR THAT BOTH PERIODS OF GESTATION WERE GOING TO BE WELL OVER A YEAR IN LENGTH BUT NONE OF THE FIVE PERSONS WHO KNEW IT SO MUCH AS MENTIONED THE FACT TO ADAMS IT WAS ONLY ONE TINY DATUM IN AN INCREDIBLY HUGE AND COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE
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