The Last Question by Asimov Isaac

Author:Asimov, Isaac [Asimov, Isaac]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The windbreakers were taken down and packed away.

A party was detailed to scoop out hollows in the snow, while a second party dropped twenty-four human corpses into the depressions and scooped loose snow over them. In time, they would be encased in ice, as fitting a grave for a mountaineer as any.

The huddled, nightmare forms of Cartier, Zito and Hankins were left untouched.

At Daborot’s insistence, the men were fed, though no one had much of an appetite that morning. A bit of bread, some coffee, a little cheese, and a healthy dollop of brandy was the average lunch. No one, for some reason only partially understood, wished to partake of the salted beef jerky.

Commander Richter pulled on the tough bread and looked down into the swirling mists and snow through which they must travel in the hours ahead of them.

The Shaker said: “Eternal fidelity cannot exist, of course.”

Richter said: “Of course.”

The Shaker: “No man is eternal.”

Richter: “Sometimes, I feel that I am.”

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