《Once More, With Feeling》作者： - Steven Utley【EPUB】

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Once More, With Feeling WANDA CALLED TO SAY, “LET’S GO to Mars for lunch.” Jack made a puzzled sound into the telephone. Wanda said, “Lunch with Eldean. His birthday. Remember?” “Of course I remember. But I thought we were going to—” “Mars is his new favorite place. It’s closer, so you won’t have to take your car,” Jack, who did not like disruptions or deviations, looked down at the paper he had been grading and satisfied himself that the tip of his red pencil still marked his place. He said, “What’ve they got?” “Eldean says he’s partial to the skirt steak with garlic mashed potatoes.” “Sounds heavy.” “He says they’ve got all kinds of lunch specials. Gyros. Fish wrapped in rice paper. All kinds of Mediterranean, Indian, and Sino-Japanese things. They’ve got grilled Pacific salmon.” Wanda waited. Then: “It’s just lunch, dear.” “Sorry.” Jack made a check mark next to a mistake on the paper and set his pencil aside. He said, “I hate leaps into the unknown. Wanda laughed. “Don’t I know. You two come on, I’ll meet you there. It was a September day, humid but cool, and Jack paused on the steps of the mathematics department to don