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e was a good…looking woman。
Across the room; Harry snored in a regular rhythm。 Norman checked Harry's icepack; and thought about Beth。 He heard her moving around in the lab upstairs。
〃Hey; Norm?〃
〃Yes 。。。〃 He moved to the bottom of the stairs; looked up。
〃Is there another one of these down there? A clean one?〃 Something blue dropped into his hands。 It was her jumpsuit。 〃Yes。 I think they're in storage in B。〃
〃Bring me one; would you; Norm?〃
〃Okay;〃 he said。
Going to B Cyl; he found himself inexplicably nervous。 What was going on? Of course; he thought; he knew exactly what was going on; but why now? Beth was exerting a powerful attraction; and he mistrusted it。 In her dealings with men; Beth was confrontational; energetic; direct; and angry。 Seduction wasn't her method at all。
It is now; he thought; fishing a new jumpsuit out of the storage locker。 He took it back to D Cyl and climbed the ladder。 From above; he saw a strange bluish light。
〃Beth?〃
〃I'm here; Norm。〃
He came up and saw her lying naked on her back; beneath a bank of ultraviolet sunlamps hinged out from the wall。 She wore opaque cups over her eyes。 She twisted her body seductively。
〃Did you bring the suit?〃
〃Yes;〃 he said。
''297'' 〃Thanks a lot。 Just put it anywhere; by the lab bench。〃
〃Okay。〃 He draped it over her chair。
She rolled back to face the glowing lamps; sighed。 〃I thought I'd better get a little vitamin D; Norm。〃
〃Yes 。。。〃
〃You probably should; too。〃
〃Yeah; probably。〃 But Norman was thinking that he didn't remember a bank of sunlamps in the lab。 In fact; he was sure that there wasn't one。 He had spent a lot of time in that room; he would have remembered。 He went