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She got in the car. "Ender's only ten years old," she said. "I thought you told us the first time he'd be eligible fora leave was when he was twelve.""He skipped a few grades.""So he's doing well?""Ask him when you see him.""Why me? Why not the whole family?"Graff sighed. "Ender sees the world his own way. We had to persuade him to see you. As for Peter and yourparents, he was not interested. Life at the Battle School was -- intense.""What do you mean, he's gone crazy?""On the contrary, he's the sanest person I know. He's sane enough to know that his parents are not particularlyeager to reopen a book of affection that was closed quite tightly four years ago. As for Peter -- we didn't evensuggest a meeting, and so he didn't have a chance to tell us to go to hell."They went out Lake Brandt Road and turned offjust past the lake, following a road that wound down and upuntil they came to a white clapboard mansion that sprawled along the top of a hill. It looked over Lake Brandt onone side and a five-acre private lake on the other. "This is the house that Medly's Mist-E-Rub built," said Graff."The IF picked it up in a tax sale about twenty years ago. Ender insisted that his conversation with you shouldnot be bugged. I promised him it wouldn't be, and to help inspire confidence, the two of you are going out on araft he built himself. I should warn you, though. I intend to ask you questions about your conversation when it isfinished. You don't have to answer, but I hope you will.""I didn't bring a swimming suit."第 244 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网