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"Are you sure you're not having a period, little woman?""I hate you, Peter Wiggin."What bothered Valentine most was when her column got syndicated into several other regional newsnets, andFather started reading it and quoting from it at table. "Finally, a man with some sense," he said. Then he quotedsome of the passages Valentine hated worst in her own work. "It's fine to work with these hegemonist Russianswith the buggers out there, but after we win, I can't see leaving half the civilized world as virtual helots, can you,dear?""I think you're taking this all too seriously," said Mother."I like this Demosthenes. I like the way he thinks. I'm surprised he isn't in the major nets. I looked for him in theinternational relations debates and you know, he's never taken part in any of them."Valentine lost her appetite and left the table. Peter followed her after a respectable interval."So you don't like lying to Father." he said. "So what? You're not lying to him. He doesn't think that you'rereally Demosthenes, and Demosthenes isn't saying things you really believe. They cancel each other out, theyamount to nothing.""That's the kind of reasoning that makes Locke such an ass." But what really bothered her was not that she waslying to Father -- it was the fact that Father actually agreed with Demosthenes. She had thought that only foolswould follow him.A few days later Locke got picked up for a column in a New England newsnet, specifically to provide acontrasting view for their popular column from Demosthenes. "Not bad for two kids who've only got about eightpubic hairs between them," Peter said.第 145 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网