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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Spoken For - -Author: William Morrison - -Release Date: February 3, 2016 [EBook #51121] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SPOKEN FOR *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - SPOKEN FOR - - By WILLIAM MORRISON - - Illustrated by EMSH - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Galaxy Science Fiction Fiction July 1955. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - - - - He was lost--anyone could see that--but she - had no idea how entirely lost he was nor why! - - -Half of Jupiter's great disk and most of the other moons were below the -horizon when the man stepped out of the plane and changed her life. As -far as Carol Marsh was concerned, he was ordinary enough in appearance. -And she wasn't ordinarily attracted to ordinary men. - -He was slightly over medium height, his features were not quite -regular, and he had a deep tan over what had started out as a sunburn, -so that she decided he had misjudged the strength of the sun on some -planet with a thin atmosphere. - -She frowned as she watched him look around. She was annoyed by the fact -that it took him almost a minute to get his bearings and realize that -she was first, a human being and second, a girl well worth a man's -attention. - -Even the troubled expression in his eyes was something she held -against him. A man shouldn't look troubled. A man should be confident, -self-assured in a manner that also assured the girl he spoke to. -She remembered that back on Earth John Burr had been completely -self-assured. - -It was startling to realize that it was with this newcomer, whose -appearance she had every reason to dislike, that she had fallen -suddenly and completely in love, as suddenly and completely as if she -had fallen off a cliff. - -"I'm looking for some people," he said. "But I suppose--" His very -voice was ill at ease, and that was something else she should have held -against him. And against herself. She had always resented men whose -voices betrayed their lack of confidence. "I suppose it's no use," he -went on. "I'd recognize the house." - -"Who are the people you're looking for?" - -He took out a wallet, and from it drew a stereo picture. Two children, -a boy and a girl, were standing with a smiling young woman in front -of a sturdy, old-fashioned plastic house. Their clothes were out of -fashion by a year or so, but that depended on where you were. Mars, for -instance, was always three years behind Earth. Here on Ganymede, on the -other hand, you might even be ahead of Earth in some respects. - - * * * * * - -As Carol's eyes lifted to his, she saw him staring at the picture with -such longing that she at once knew herself for a fool. _They're his -wife and children_, she thought. _He's trying to find them. And I had -to fall in love with him at first sight._ - -His eyes were on her now, and she said, "I'm sorry, I've never seen -them." - -"Have you lived around here long?" - -"Five years." - -"Then this can't be the place." He stood there irresolutely and started -to turn slowly away without even a word of thanks to her. - -"My father may have heard about them," said Carol, knowing herself for -a fool again. - -Past experience, she told herself ruefully, had taught her nothing. The -thing to do was to let him go and forget him as quickly as possible, -before she learned anything about him, before her feeling for him -could become anything more than an irrational, momentary impulse. The -stronger the bonds of knowledge and interest between them, the more -painful they would be to break. And the breaking was inevitable. - -The house where she and her father lived was a simple dome-shaped -building, its walls and furniture both made of a silicon plastic whose -raw materials had come from the ground on which it stood. There were -rugs and draperies of a slightly different composition, woven on the -all-purpose Household Helper that her father had bought before leaving -Earth. They lived comfortably enough, she thought, as she led the man -in. - -But he hardly noticed the house or anything in it. When they reached -the library and her father looked up from the book he was reading, -only then did the man display interest. The book was a favorite of her -father's and it made him unhappy to cut his reading short. - -Nevertheless, he turned off the projector, stood up, and said, "Yes, -Carol?" - -"This man is looking for some--some friends of his, Dad. I thought you -might be able to help him." - -She held out the picture and, to her relief, her father stared at that -instead of at her. Sometimes he was a little too shrewd; if she was -making a fool of herself, there was no need for him to know it. He -could be a sardonic man and he did not suffer fools gladly, even in his -own family. He was of the opinion that she had used up her quota of -foolishness with John Burr. - -He was shaking his head. "Sorry, I've never seen them. Are you sure -they live around here?" - -"No," said the man. "I'm not sure. I'm not sure of anything, except -that they're my wife and kids. And I've got to find them." - -"Have you checked at the District Office?" - -"I did that first. They couldn't help me, but they said their records -weren't complete yet." - -"They're complete enough, I should think. Maybe they don't list every -prospector who wanders around without settling down, but they wouldn't -be likely to miss a woman and two children. I'm afraid that you're -wasting your time looking on Ganymede." - -The man's face clouded. "It isn't a waste of my time," he said. "I've -got nothing else to do with it. And I have to find them. They need me." - - * * * * * - -Mr. Marsh looked away from the man to his daughter, and Carol was a -little slow in avoiding his eyes. "I see," he said, and she had an idea -of what he meant by that. He saw too much. - -If he knew, there was nothing she could do about it. She said, "Perhaps -Mr.--" - -She paused, and the man said dully, "Callendar." - -"Perhaps if Mr. Callendar would have dinner with us and tell us a -little more, we'd be better able to help." - -"Not a bad idea, Carol. We should know a little more." - -Carol selected a dinner and pressed the button that would start its -preparation. - -Her father said casually, "You are a stranger to Ganymede, aren't you, -Mr. Callendar?" - -"I'm not sure of that," said the man. - -Her father's eyebrows went up. - -Carol said, "But you do come from one of Jupiter's moons?" - -"I can't remember which one. There are a lot of things that my memory's -hazy about. I can't even recall the name of the company I worked for as -an engineer." - -"That may not be so strange. I find difficulty remembering the school -where I taught on Earth. P.S. 654, wasn't it, Dad?" - -"P.S. 634," Mr. Marsh corrected briefly. - -"You see?" she said. "Do you remember your wife's name? And the names -of your children?" - -"I wouldn't forget _them_," he said. "My wife's name was Mona." He -stared at the wall for a moment, his face without expression. "I can -still see the way she looked when I left to undergo treatment. Paul -was--let's see, he must be about nine, maybe ten, by this time. And -Wilma must be six or seven. I remember how scared she was that time she -found a harmless little phytopod. She thought it was going to bite her." - -"Phytopod?" said Carol. "We don't have them around here. What do they -look like?" - -"They're small and furry, and have two feet that look like roots. When -they stand still you're likely to mistake them for plants." - -"You _do_ recall some things," said Carol. - -"The little things that don't tell me where to look. I remember the -time we went on a picnic--I don't recall how many moons there were in -the sky--and the ground began to shake. It didn't do any damage, but -Wilma was terrified. Paul took it in his stride, though." - -"There aren't any earthquakes on Ganymede," said her father. "If your -memory of that incident is correct, you're looking in the wrong place." - -"I suppose so," he said. "But what's the right place?" - -"Perhaps if you thought of a few more incidents, we might figure it -out. It's the little things you don't forget that can be most helpful." - - * * * * * - -What nonsense, thought Carol, although she kept the thought to herself. -The little things can be most _harmful_. They keep the pain, and the -memory of pain, alive and vivid. She remembered little things about -John all too well--the careless way he wore his clothes, and the way he -combed his hair, the cigarettes he smoked, and the foods he liked to -eat. And the stupid way she had let herself fall in love with him. - -She hadn't even had the excuse of its happening suddenly, as it had -happened now. She had begun to love John as she had come to know him, -disregarding all the evidence of his selfishness, of his genuine -inability to care for any one else than John Burr. - -Unaware of what was going on in her mind, Callendar was saying, with -somewhat more animation than he had previously shown, "I think you're -right, Mr. Marsh. I've kept my troubles too much to myself. Maybe you -can't actually do anything for me, but it wouldn't hurt me to talk. I -should have done my talking long ago. When they found me." - -"Where did they find you?" asked her father. "And what did you mean -before, when you said you're not sure of anything?" - -"They picked me up in a lifeboat, drifting some place between Mars and -Jupiter. The motor was off, but the power pile was working, and the -air-purifying equipment was on. I was apparently hibernating. I might -have been that way for six months or a year." - -"And you don't remember--" said Carol. - -"There's plenty I don't remember, but as I've said, my memory isn't a -complete blank. My wife and I and the kids had settled down in a new -colony--exactly where it was is one of the things I forget. I believe -now that it wasn't Ganymede. Maybe it was some other moon of Jupiter's. - -"Anyway, I seem to recall having some trouble with my health, and being -taken onto an inter-planetary hospital ship for treatment--L-treatment, -they called it. That's where they put me to sleep. What happened after -that, I can only guess. The ship must have been involved in some -accident. I must have been transferred to the lifeboat." - -"Alone?" asked Carol's father. - -"No. There were two other patients with me. They were found dead. I was -the only one left alive. The bodies of the crew members who transferred -us weren't found at all. They might have gone back for more patients -and then been unable to get away again." - -"Who found your lifeboat?" - -"The crew of a freighter, who spotted it drifting across a space lane. -They took me on board and revived me. But they were in a hurry and -didn't have much time to stay and investigate." - - * * * * * - -Mr. Marsh was thoughtful and silent. - -Carol asked, "Weren't there any records in the lifeboat?" - -"Nobody thought of that, at least not in the beginning. At first, when -I regained consciousness, my mind was almost a complete blank. Then I -began to remember things, but not enough. I couldn't recall where the -colony had been, and after I had recovered enough to be able to get -around, I began looking for my wife and children. I haven't come across -a trace of them, although I've been on many worlds." - -The food had long been ready and waiting. Until now, no one had thought -of getting it. He stared as if through the wall and Carol, after she -had set the dishes before him, had to remind him of their presence. -When he did eat, it was automatically, without enjoyment. - -Afterward, her father surprised Carol by saying, "Why not stay with us -overnight, Mr. Callendar? We have an extra room, and tomorrow I may be -able to give you a little helpful information." - -The man's eyes came alive. "You're serious? You think that from what I -told you, you'll be able to guess where I came from?" - -"I used the word 'might.' Don't get your hopes up too much." - -His face fell again. "Thanks for warning me," he said in a flat tone. - -When, later on, he had gone to his room, Carol said, "Dad, do you -really think you can help him?" - -"That depends on your idea of help. Why are you so interested in him? -Perhaps you're falling in love with him, Carol?" - -"I think so." - -"Under the circumstances, that's completely idiotic. Would there be any -sense in asking _why_ you fell in love with him?" - -"Well, he looked so _lost_! I guess it's maternal--" - -"As genuine a case of the grand passion as I've ever encountered," he -said drily. "Almost as genuine as your previous experience." - -Carol flushed. "He isn't like John." - - * * * * * - -"Fortunately, you are right. Burr was essentially a selfish baby. I -can't imagine him spending _his_ life looking for a wife and children -he had lost. In future, Carol, if you must fall in love at all, do it -suddenly. You choose much better that way." - -"Yes, I know," she said. "Except for the fact that the wife and -children may interfere. But don't worry, Dad. This time I'm not -quitting my job and moving several million miles away to try to forget." - -"There'll be no need for that." His face took on a troubled expression. -"You'll have to face your problem right here." - - * * * * * - -"You haven't answered _my_ question," said Carol. "Do you really think -you can help him?" - -"That isn't an easy one to answer. We'll have to prepare him for a -shock, Carol. A first-class shock. That's why I wanted to be sure you -were in love with him. It may make things easier for him to stand." - -"What things?" - -Her father hesitated. "Have you ever heard of this L-treatment he -mentioned?" - -She shook her head. - -"I thought not. Carol," he said, and his voice was unexpectedly full -of compassion, "you're going to have a very sick man on your hands. It -won't be pleasant for either you or me, and it's going to be horrible -for him. But it must be gone through. He must be told." - -"For heaven's sake, what is it?" - -"The L in L-treatment," he said slowly, "stands for longevity. That -was what he was treated for. But you see now why it was found to be -dangerous and discontinued. The reason you never heard of it is that -it was developed and discarded two hundred years ago. Callendar wasn't -adrift in space for a year or two, as he thinks. He was adrift for two -centuries." - -"No! Oh, _no_!" - -"That's why the clothes in those pictures seemed odd. They've been in -style and out again half a dozen times, with slight changes each time. -That is why, furthermore, he can't find his wife and children on any of -Jupiter's moons. The moons were first colonized ninety years ago." - -"But he says--" - -"He'll never see his wife and children again. They've lived their lives -and died and been buried in the past. He should have died with them in -his own time and not lived into ours." - -"No," said Carol, "or I'd never have known him." - -She was white and trembling, and her father pulled her to him and let -her head rest on his shoulder. - -Mr. Marsh said, "Perhaps you're right. I don't know. Anyway, he'll have -to be told. 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