restrictions that made further United States trade with her impossible.

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 he added. And then they came one night. when I was twelve.?? Bitterly he said. the water became rust-colored and solid. Did you go???He nodded. when he was certain no one had followed him out. then turned to look at David with startled eyes.????Because there??s no one who can use it yet. as if to catch any stray bit of sunlight that penetrated the high canopy.??David started to climb. ??You??ll see. the others who worked in the various labs. then left. ??is a woman who can conceive a child. David. and test for the reemergence of fertility with each new generation of clones. and then came to him and held his head tight against her chest as he sat on his cot and she stood naked before him. She was trembling slightly. We??re restricting our exports of food now. But what he remembered most vividly was the smell of gunpowder that they all carried at the Fourth of July gathering. David thought. He could not see the sky through its branches covered with new.David slept where they had left him. how many are up at the northern end of the valley?????About one hundred ten now. and finally he returned to his own bed and fell asleep. He rested and slept fitfully for a few hours.The party was held in the new auditorium.?? Grandfather Wiston had said once.

?? Vlasic said softly. try to make Mother see. not believing it. purple martins. staring at the floor. We??re on the first downslope of a slide that is going to plummet this economy.??David stared at him with hatred and knew that he couldn??t make that choice. Walt simply nodded.Several of the elders were still in the waiting room when David went there. They all shunned the elders.Walt had an office downstairs. In one of the small offices David held Celia??s hand and they whispered before they fell asleep. ??They must know we have food here. David? You. ??I have to sleep. David . Walt-three is ready. and the leaves rustled incessantly though no wind could be felt. Senile or crazy. Clones! Not quite human. so he padded the back of the wooden seat with his bedroll and blanket.?? He moved away. and shaking himself from time to time when he realized that the cold was entering his shoes or making his ears numb.??Has he been eating enough meat lately? He looks peaked. but he needed shelter from the fine drops that would make their way through the leaves to fall quietly on the absorbent ground. We??ll have things that we won??t know what to do with.?? David said. and Grandfather Wiston had been straight and strong. The offspring have shorter lives.

 a few tools. and at twelve thirty they had twenty-five infants. One of the little sisters smiled shyly at her and she smiled back. not unconscious. The family tumbled from the house as if they had been shaken out. We made it happen. this time with thirty to forty men.??I??ll come now. That gang showed up. up on the hill. ??They probably think there??s wheat there. no more than wishful thinking. starting earlier. my boy. Walt simply nodded. how long would they need a continuing supply of food? He said. but her hands were steady as she swabbed a long gash on Clarence??s side and put a heavy pad over it. Celia didn??t write. No one could anticipate how many of them eventually would be fertile. he knew; not only pass. Don??t they know that?????David. The Wiston farm always had been flood-prone; it enriched the soil. ??So here and there we got support. taking a second coat from a wall hanger. ??Dr. ??I??m used to working twelve hours a day or more. I??ll be out of grad school then. barefoot. Grandfather Sumner made an announcement.

 their faces red.??Molly nodded. He meant for not arguing with him. The new entrance to the cave was concealed in the furnace room of the hospital basement. Television had been off the air waves since the start of the energy crisis. He was white.?? he said. ??We lost one yesterday. Mike. Her lips were blue.In December the members of the family began to arrive. The laboratories go in there.The Christmas that David was twenty-three seemed out of focus. Now music filled the auditorium and sisters and brothers danced at the far end and children scampered among them.????He is trying to last until the girls have their babies. Here a stag head. almost with satisfaction. almost in desperation. They will. Japan and China signed a mutual aid treaty. not thinking about going home. Their talk was of their childhood. naturally. ??I might be. ??Grandfather Wiston brought me up here. and didn??t move again for a long time. ??You have no choice. ??You think I??m going to let you sit up here and die? Not today.?? Martha??s body was hot against her.

 and still more harshly he said. but distantly. And a young Walt. and short-tempered. No one could anticipate how many of them eventually would be fertile.?? Her eyes were closed and her lashes were very black on her white cheeks.?? he said. because you??ll see the signs. ??This is how this land looked a million years ago. although the day was already hot. He would pause briefly in the doorway. It was like seeing Celia in a time distortion. don??t you???David understood. When the cup began to tilt in Celia??s hand. tested for reflexes. Just like always. ??I know.But Margaret didn??t wait five weeks. The offices and hallway formed a mezzanine overlooking the dimly lighted well. so few among so many. Clones. There??s more radiation in the atmosphere than there??s been since Hiroshima?? French tests. He sat down on a log and tried to imagine what they must think of the pregnant girls. Sometimes he thought he saw her watching him warily. but with a fury that grew and caused him to stalk the old house like a boy being punished for another??s sin. ??We don??t want to do that. and that same confidence came through with the words. He walked around his desk and sat down. David stretched out on the ground under the great trees and slept.

??Clarence will not live. I think.David and Celia left the meeting early. ??They just left him there and brought up their own. don??t we???They walked through the empty hospital. they fought. somewhat smaller. I need rest. responsive to any change in the wind; the entire field moved at once. stillbirths. and he could even see some of the young people at the windows studying. ??Comes a time when the earth needs a rest.?? Hilda had strangled the small girl who looked more like her every day. David turned toward Vernon helplessly. and then burned it to the ground. a long.?? Walt said. swinging easily with the weight of the baskets. Let them carry it now if they want to.??The Wistons were farmers. ??They want to take the easy way out.?? He moved away.?? he said. ??You know damn well who I mean. Japan passed trade restrictions that made further United States trade with her impossible.The next morning they left the oak tree and started for the Sumner farm.David stood up and pushed his chair back. don??t you???She nodded. ??Then let me work.

 ??We had to do it. grown to the stature of a large tree.??Before I leave. He stopped and the boy ran to him.?? A dozen men volunteered to stand guard at the mill. International travel restrictions were imposed immediately. ??We will recess this discussion until tomorrow night at seven. Out of the lot they might get six or seven fertile ones. you asshole! You think I??m going to let all this work. Celia. ??It??s Clarence. a drive. Instead they would have a room full of not-quite-finished preemies. they moved like a single organism and looked as alike as the stalks of wheat. ??So here and there we got support. They weren??t Celias.?? Vernon said. to Washington. He sipped his martini. The D-4 strain would be the one. twenty feet high. who??s alive. One of them dropped a basin and three others screamed in unison. with only needles that moved now and then and the dials on the sides to indicate that there was anything inside. a few tools. he thought in wonder. and the beeches and sweet buckeyes locked arms. He shouldn??t do that. ??You??ll see.

????I didn??t get any letters. Walt wants you. you??re dead. Mike. God knows where all of it??s coming from. that she might never make it to the farm. They may have something newer than I know. They know we??re watching for them. It was wrinkled and desiccated. Molly protested feebly as her sisters half led. Grandfather Sumner poured the ritual before-dinner martinis and handed one to him. but she was staring wide-eyed at the tanks. Walt is running it. ??I??ll leave as soon as it??s light in the morning. Sarah thinks his back is broken.????Cloning is one of the worst ways for a higher species. Stiffly he descended into the valley again. . He sought and found three Celias. They need so much. Instead she drew off a glove and touched the smooth trunk of a beech tree. and work in the lab went on at the same numbing pace. and behind him H-3 said. eight months. It is a good time of year for starting a garden. She sat wrapped in his plaid shirt and watched him as he opened a can of stew and heated it. second cousins. not threatening this year. They promised to let us go home in three months.

 They just do their jobs. and the best students. ??Damn it. trying to hear breathing on the other side. and when David simply shrugged. David? Hilda murdered the child of her likeness.??David scanned the final lines quickly. ??Just tell me you love me. the babies were W-l. There was Clarence.He climbed the ridge behind the hospital. through the long. but I thought it would be better to order everything I can think of than to find out next year that what we really need isn??t available. The implications. Information we all need.????I love you. David slipped away. There were the Barry brothers. now standing and applauding wildly. you and me. staring at the floor.?? he said. Nothing. And I have so much to give! Can??t you understand that??? she cried. Let them carry it now if they want to. that she didn??t move for a moment. when David was twelve. Unable to endure it any longer. She looked strange.

 They??re adding them as fast as they can. formed a new department with cabinet status: the Bureau of Information.?? he said. even if the world ground to a stop while he was unaware. inflation. ??You will be escorted for three days. Vlasic. purple martins. your family!??Molly felt her cheeks burn with pleasure as she made her way through the crowd.One wall had been cut through and the computer installed. We??re not like you. but her hands were steady as she swabbed a long gash on Clarence??s side and put a heavy pad over it. with fear written too clearly on her smooth face for her to pretend it was not there.????We knew they would one day.????I heard something. miles from anything else at all.?? David said quietly. wrong.But it was a long time before he slept. fetched and carried for him. .But Margaret didn??t wait five weeks. They won??t be back. ??Why? I??m not into medical research. There were two shifts at work; again a case of damn-the-cost. The army was occupying the buildings. the light would fall on the disorder.The night the first baby was born. Work in the classroom.

 and the fatigue lines on his face were smoothing out. They tore the clothes off each other. And no one has done any real research in tropical farming methods. it??s a shock. but he didn??t press it. She let her gaze drift back toward the dock and the boat there.David and Celia left the meeting early. for letting them starve. I??ll be out of grad school then. hell.In class the following day nothing appeared to be different. She turned her back to put her clothes on the foot of her cot. and someone took them away to be put to bed.????Is it still your property up here. Others formed a scouting party. the bulbs now covered with globes of blue. ??They might form a committee to protest this act of the devil. where not to hit in a friendly scrap. The cave was over a mile in length in the main section and there were several branches to smaller areas. They all met his gaze without flinching.??David blinked. say it. David. or when.?? He moved around the desk and walked toward the door.????Don??t let them do it. a decline of potency. stopped once midway. ??I have to sleep.

 A slight concussion. ??You will be escorted for three days. Peter started a centrifuge.Three Celias came into view. The little Kirby brothers started to cry in unison. and Uncle Clarence would ooze from the opening and flow all over them. aware that it was changed but not certain what was different. ??That was the clone-three strain. And find out what they think about the pregnant girls. cousins.????How bad was it? When did you get it?????Eighteen months ago. and someone took them away to be put to bed. and he thought that perhaps she had drifted off to sleep. Others formed a scouting party. with fear written too clearly on her smooth face for her to pretend it was not there. her look almost quizzical. Melissa. never uncle. junk the cars. and looting had turned the cities into battle mounds. thick with debris.????We??re making it work. and he was protected from the wind. ??We want you for a consultant. ??we want to hire you. and the farmyard turned silver and sparkly from this distance. ??Never again. Every time he looked down at the tiny. it would still be a catastrophe.

?? Walt rubbed his eyes hard.David??s father was with Walt most of the time now. And he remembered what he read. and in only a year or two. They have two injuries. Since Clarence??s wife died. or a bird in flight. a. through the long. Maybe. She dropped the shoulder bag that had weighed her down and ran toward him. David was getting stiff. Out of nowhere. With an increased chance of abnormality. he shook his head and left the emergency room. A wall of water.?? Walt said quietly.??They must be working on this line.??The Wistons were farmers. Walt yanked free and climbed onto a table. We??ll have to be ready for them. but Semple and Frerrer are still at it. Walt for support and finding none.??David!?? One of the youngest boys. his students were sent packing. wouldn??t mind the rain too much. and when David simply shrugged. If Four didn??t make it. The family had diversified.

 Don??t know how bad. below him. called to him. and.The two oldest Ds headed for the laboratory after class. ??Leave her be.??David would imagine himself invisible. In March. His birthday was in September and he didn??t go home for it.??David nodded. don??t you? People are starving in South America. fighting right down the line. compacting the soil into a ball that crumbled again when she opened her fist and touched the lump with her forefinger.?? David said. not unconscious.????We??ll manage. spontaneous abortions. Then he realized that it was growing corn. A line of girls came into view. They worked interchangeably. One of them was barefoot. There was the dissection room. heaving sigh. the bulbs now covered with globes of blue. The arching.?? David said sharply. An hour later when they left their room.In June. he thought.

 and test for the reemergence of fertility with each new generation of clones. There was a tic in his cheek that David never had seen before. some of the girls huddled together whispering what had to be delicious secrets.?? Miriam said.?? Walt said. Dr. I saw Miami. I don??t know what they think we??re doing now. ??I did what I could. and then dismissed it as one of the things they could not control. Molly protested feebly as her sisters half led.?? Walt was looking very old. Jordan.????For God??s sake! Come with me. ??We can??t keep fighting them off. how many are up at the northern end of the valley?????About one hundred ten now. it was golden and soft.??I??ve loved you for more than twenty years. ??It stifles diversity.??You tell me then. David . When his parents went home he stayed on at the Wiston farm for a day or two. ??This needs stitches. jeans. Walt. and wasn??t sure that his surprise was warranted. were sacs. He made coffee. ??Our emergency room.

 You know we don??t dare use any for anything but the harvest. although he knew that closer it would simply be muddy water inches deep.?? And something else. except for a few ne??er-do-wells. all sealed. We need a doctor. not with any expectation of reward. had to take strict measures to avert it. That??s enough of that. Clone-five strain had gross abnormalities. because as children they had been as close as brother and sister. Celia.??David.??He would point his ray gun at Uncle Clarence and cut a neat plug out of his stomach and carefully ease it out. and David caught his arm. and the north field was grown up in grasses and weeds. That was a mile from the farm. He knew he looked like hell. row after row of them. He seemed to know when to stop treating them as children long before anyone else in the family did. ??You listen to me. they??re up to something! I can smell it. But the decline starts in the third clone generation. ??How will you get there and back? No gas. looking to Dr. what the percentage of boys to girls would be. A couple of the young people were hurt. They just do their jobs. and David??s father.

??David walked blankly for an hour or more. ??You think I??m going to let you sit up here and die? Not today. So we don??t know the life expectancies of the later strains. and on to extinction. David. And he saw the resemblance to his own mother in the trio. They promised to let us go home in three months. ??I??ll take Mike and the cart. There were riots. a Five. The music grew louder and more and more dancers spun around. Five more weeks. There were people he hadn??t known when they were that young. and the equipment was on its way to the Virginia valley. but this tree. We need a doctor.?? With her hands clasped behind her. He spotted seventeen people altogether. distantly. And Miriam would have been somewhere else. not tropical.?? But he didn??t move. and then led Mike into the woods. ??Why change the plan and tell them now. But C-3 had been different. with little conversation but much laughter that seemed to arise spontaneously. He was white.??How many people did we kill??? Celia asked. I expect you??ll be there.

In the family there were farmers. Yours too. David learned for the first time that he and Walt were the sole beneficiaries of a much larger estate than he had dreamed of.David stood up and pushed his chair back. then straightened again. and presently they were being led to the dock and the final surprise??a pennant flying from the mast of the small boat that would carry them to Washington. Within the next couple of years. the corn and wheat rotting in the fields. ??Harry has cracked. Deep in one of the smaller passages flowed a river that was black and soundless. Walt looked from one to the other of them. ??They come and go and we know nothing about them. and the output of toxins. ??Don??t tell me anything else yet. ??Something??s going wrong. now standing and applauding wildly. D-l remained standing. holding his shotgun in one hand. ??Celia.??David. and if she were truly gone. at least until spring.??Eddie Beauchamp came from the side of the tanks. ??They??re taking it over completely from now on. paper. don??t you???David understood. ??You know damn well who I mean. They were perspiring heavily when Molly approached the edge of the circle of onlookers to watch. The breeze that moved through the valley was soft and warm.

 The winter rains gave way to spring rains. Los Angeles.??Molly??s gift was a waterproof bag to carry her sketch pads and pencils and pens in. David accepted it silently and sat down to wait. sir.During the night she roused once. In response to his questions his mother admitted that no one had heard from her. The abnormals were all sterile. who nodded. and board by board they carried a barn up the hillside and stacked the pieces.As David grew older. with the rice paddies of Cambodia and Vietnam. David? Hilda murdered the child of her likeness. One of the newcomers was a C1-2. David. Two hundred beds. ??But we have the fertile members to fall back on until we do. Yours too. David took it from her and gently lowered her to the bed he had prepared. the one he had been wearing. I don??t know what it is. looking down the hall first. all part of the same river that flowed through the fertile valley. ??The A-four strain.?? he said. He shook his head helplessly. but he needed shelter from the fine drops that would make their way through the leaves to fall quietly on the absorbent ground. Some abnormalities were present. Sarah says Margaret would be good.

 but since the tests for female fertility required rabbits which they did not have. Celia.?? He knew that Walt was calculating. the barn near the road. Unable to endure it any longer.??When they stopped for lunch. ??Someone must be working on it. The house was still there. with fatigue drawing his face. which had come with detailed instructions for making artificial placentas as well as nearly completed work on computer programs for synthetic amniotic fluids. Chlorine. corn-straw sandals on her feet. but the barn was gone. ??I said you??d leave here convinced that we??ve all gone mad. Out of nowhere. And Walt nodded thoughtfully. the last of his coffee ration. ??God knows what they might decide to do. except for a few ne??er-do-wells. their chins. but she didn??t protest. ??I might be. They were each and every one Celia. The bearers of life.Long after Celia fell asleep he stared into the blackness. He didn??t look again at David after dismissing him with one glance. and in the next week May lost her child. ??I??m giving the land. as though aimlessly.

 She was so thin and so pale. David. But when she hit him and he went limp.????David stood up also. . but for companionship. He couldn??t remember for a moment the third one??s name. the one he had been wearing. Familiar and alien. In the back the hill rose sharply. you know. then past him.In June. hah. She lifted her hair from the back of her neck where some of it clung. . ??I wish they hadn??t chosen us. You??ve been working right there. with stalactites and stalagmites on all sides.David was seventeen when he went to Harvard. a large. Three today. ??God??s will. the attic full of children. but with a fury that grew and caused him to stalk the old house like a boy being punished for another??s sin. then they broke. And the mobs were coming for us. ??When did you eat???She shook her head. all part of the same river that flowed through the fertile valley.

 and finally straightened and said. and David followed them. His rhesus monkeys show the same decline during the fourth generation. Celia stared without moving for several moments. floating unseen over their heads as they discussed him.?? He pointed toward the operating-room wing.??Before I leave.?? David said. and my great-grandfather when he came along. It was a day without hard edges. And I have so much to give! Can??t you understand that??? she cried.Molly felt a pleasant inertia envelop her and she could only smile and sigh as her sisters prepared her for bed. when the road wasn??t too bumpy and the cart didn??t jounce too hard. you know that. ??We keep them here at all times. isn??t it??? He watched her and slowly she nodded. Uncles. They got their own two out of there and up to the hospital like fire was on their tails. Another ceremony would take place at dockside. or had been. We??re having shortages no one ever dreamed of. nothing at all. They had motivation. The one in the middle might have pushed him from the loft just yesterday; the one on the right might have been the one who rolled in savage combat with him in the mud. ??You think you??re being asked to give up a lifetime career for a pipe dream. clapping with abandon. Vlasic. don??t you???David understood. You know the cattle are good.

 No one could anticipate how many of them eventually would be fertile. or when. Margaret was near term. away from the nursery. he thought. ??I??ll get Avery and Sam. I??m telling you what the goddamn government doesn??t dare admit yet. as she was.?? David said slowly. Another ceremony would take place at dockside. leaving the other free to test the windows. don??t we???They walked through the empty hospital.????No price is too high!??Slowly Walt??s face seemed to come into focus.He passed her chair and kissed the top of her head. too dead. ??What can I do?????It??s his back. They may have something newer than I know. She closed her hand hard. Japan and China signed a mutual aid treaty. Within the tanks. Even if there are only three fertile girls now. ??You have no choice. She looked up at him and smiled. involuntarily. with stalactites and stalagmites on all sides. her nose was too big. ??Comes a time when the earth needs a rest. it was golden and soft. ??The corn crop has failed.

 One of them dropped a basin and three others screamed in unison. ??What are you planning??? he asked then.?? She shivered violently. but the call came again. he and Lucy had lived together. wine that tingled and made her head light. A time-consumer question. It knows all the family secrets. ??You know how we are getting our meat. was being used already. It was the first time she had ever owned something not shared by her sisters. He turned from her to stare out the window.In December the members of the family began to arrive. But soon. ??You are not a separate species.??They might try to storm the lab.????He is trying to last until the girls have their babies. and the first settlers.She looked at him then. H-4 and D-4. except for a few ne??er-do-wells. The smell that permeated their hair and clothes lasted on their hands for days and days.By the third day the water had started to invade the cornfield. over and over and over again. David thought. Her pale hair would not change much. ??Why up here??? he asked finally. still holding her hand.?? Walt said soberly.

 and he remembered the ancient celebrations of the Fourth of July.??He looked at David with a fearful expression. and in the next week May lost her child. as in Walt??s. A couple of the young people were hurt. I??ll give you my word of honor that I won??t try to disrupt anything again. David? Hilda murdered the child of her likeness. because he had not yet moved from the door. Grandfather?????Up to and including this tree.?? David said. Grandfather?????Up to and including this tree. leaving the cart behind. correspondence. Instead they would have a room full of not-quite-finished preemies. and he was protected from the wind. narrower and tougher than the first. She rode Mike until they got to the cart; by then she was trembling with exhaustion and her lips were blue again. leaving the other free to test the windows. After a moment or so she gently pulled it free and clutched it herself until both hands were white-knuckled. We??re on the first downslope of a slide that is going to plummet this economy.?? she said tightly.??David started to climb. The ridges were hazy and had no sharp edges anywhere. and my great-grandfather when he came along. but it was an expected high. she did not open them again. and Vernon thought he was living in the lab. I??ll give you my word of honor that I won??t try to disrupt anything again. The school will jump at the chance to unload it right now.

 There wasn??t room for her to lie down in the cart.?? Martha said. endless blue by day. They got their own two out of there and up to the hospital like fire was on their tails.????Maybe. ??Our emergency room.?? David said sharply.??You??ll be a great man when you publish.?? she said dully. higher than a man??s head. and. The family had diversified. When Walt woke up he reported what W-1 had told him. but he knew.?? Vlasic said. second cousins. it is all carved . When his parents went home he stayed on at the Wiston farm for a day or two. Mixed in with it was the smell of the sulfur that was dusted on them liberally to confound the chiggers. ??Custodians of the soil.??David. One of the women pulled on Walt??s arm. He was sleeping more now. They accepted being mated as casually as the cattle did. and then. David. He gave them a surprise test and stalked about the room as they worried over the answers. Three today. ??If I can.

??David scanned the final lines quickly. She let her gaze drift back toward the dock and the boat there. and she would be standing there. then shrugged.He reached the antique forest where he watched a flying insect beat its wings almost lazily and remembered his grandfather telling him that even the insects here were primitive??slower than their more advanced cousins. He was a large man with a massive chest and great bulging biceps. seeing them. When it rained. I know Vlasic stopped last year. bald. Kuwait. it would still be a catastrophe. aware that it was changed but not certain what was different. .?? Vlasic had been following his work closely for the past three or four weeks and was not surprised. No pulling his ears or rubbing his nose. ??They??re using the bomb. below him. . intelligently. David??s father owned a large department store that catered to the upper-middle-class clientele of the valley.??It isn??t cold. and Miri. ??She has to wait. ??I have to check my patients. David. A1.??David blinked. below him.

 Two more girls were pregnant; one of them was a Five. David drained his cup of eggnog. I was in Colombia for a while. At the end of this passage was the animal experiment room. ??Marvelous. When she faced him again.One wall had been cut through and the computer installed. ??If I can. Walt looked from one to the other of them. ??Someone has to see to the bodies. of stillness. He was not one of the expendable ones. Not ten years from now. with their branches spread horizontally. They had motivation. And a young Walt.?? He paused and looked at them again.David didn??t read the letter until his mother had left the cafeteria.?? The following week he had hanged himself. . Walt looked from one to the other of them. he should be tired. ??I wish they hadn??t chosen us. The road was no more than a pair of ruts that were gradually being reclaimed by the underbrush.?? she said gently when David protested. ??They??re taking it over completely from now on. Margaret. picnic tables and benches. not yet painted.

 There was a tic in his cheek that David never had seen before. Walt studied the assembled people and deliberately said. ??We went to med school together. Margaret. They kept her. There were no clone strains after A4; none had survived to maturity. the style setters. and David returned to his room. a cove forest. Celia??s. but he needed shelter from the fine drops that would make their way through the leaves to fall quietly on the absorbent ground. He was gray and aged but in good health physically.????Told him we??d dig out a lot of stuff we??ve been sitting on. The family had diversified. ??Hold it tight a minute. He seemed to know when to stop treating them as children long before anyone else in the family did. During the next six months those with sense and money would buy everything they could to see them through. ??I??ll try to change it. In February in retaliation for the food embargo. Soon. and she turned from the window. His shoulder ached. are you up here???He turned then and saw Celia among the massive tree trunks.?? He started to write then. peered into his eyes. just damn gone. He was aware that she stood up. there was another celebration. Japan passed trade restrictions that made further United States trade with her impossible.