Silverman chuckled “It’s all right. You have my permission”. He shook hands with all of the men before leaving.On the submarine they were shown ...o the rear of the boat by a Lieutenant. He showed them the ten-horsepower outboard motor. “It has an electrical start and has been adapted to run quietly,” he explained showing them. “When we surface we will inflate the boat for you. All you need to do is climb in, the skipper will sink the submarine slowly, and you will float free. But we need to do. 'Come in, Laura, I've been waiting for 5 minutes now, you're late!'. Jeez man, give me a break, was all that ran through my mind. I stepped in and there he was, sat behind his desk with the slowly setting yellowy sun glinting on his face, dayum, i was feeling horny at the sight of him. This was going to be a painful detention.'Sit down on the front row, Laura. You can rewrite your coursework.''Ok, thanks sir.' I said as he passed me my coursework which was a grade B so why he wanted me to. ...I could go to Paris"."There is another option that we could think about, Sylvia. Because of my gold mining connections, I know a really great place near Red Lake, Ontario...there's a gold mining operation there..I took a puff on my unfiltered Camel."Where is that, Gerald? Is it near Detroit or Toronto?" No, baby, it's sixty-five miles from Hudson Bay and it's..." NO!"I was getting pissed. I went to my room and slammed the door."Rachel is in New York, already making records, and he wants to. ?" The phrase was alien to her."You don't read much science fiction, do you?" Science fiction?" Eleanor chuckled. "I don't bother with rubbish likethat." Well, wait a few more years. A guy is going to write a very popularbook in the genre. A lot of popular books, in fact."Eleanor was growing impatient. "Mr. Thomas, why exactly did you want tosee me?"It took almost a full minute for Larry to say another word. "It'sjust...I made a horrible mistake, you see, and someone I love very muchis paying.