King and Queen of the Universe (Stories) by Kurt Vonnegut
Author:Kurt Vonnegut [Vonnegut, Kurt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-440-33950-2
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2009-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
The home and the laboratory of Stanley Karpinsky, industrial chemist, were a single, drafty attic roomâa room with the proportions of a shotgun. There were two tiny windows, one in each of the gable ends. They rattled in their frames.
The ceiling of the room was wood, the boards of the roof itself, rising to meet at the rooftree. The studs of the wall were bare. Shelves had been nailed between the studs, supporting a meager food supply, a microscope, books, reagent bottles, test tubes, beakers â¦
A great walnut dining table with lionsâ-claw feet was in the exact center of the room, with a shaded lightbulb over it. This was Karpinskyâs laboratory table. A complex system of ring stands, flasks, glass tubing, and burettes was set up on it.
âWhisper,â said Karpinsky, as he turned on the light over the table. He put his finger to his lips, and nodded meaningfully at a bed tucked under the eaves. The bed was so deep in shadows that it might have gone unnoticed, if Karpinsky hadnât pointed it out. His mother was sleeping there.
She did not stir. Her breathing was slow. Each time she exhaled, she seemed to be saying, âThee.â
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