《Nancy 》作者：- Cordwainer Smith 【EPUB】

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Nancy Two men faced Gordon Greene as he came into the room. The young aide was a nonentity. Thegeneral was not. The commanding general sat where he should at his own desk. It was placedsquarely in the room and yet the infinite courtesy of the general was shown by the fact thatthe blinds were so drawn that the light did not fall directly into the eyes of the personinterviewed. At that time the colonel general was Wenzel Wallenstein the first man ever toventure into the very deep remoteness of space. He had not reached a star. Nobody had at thattime but he had gone farther than any man had ever gone before. Wallenstein was an old man and yet the count of his years was not high. He was less than ninetyin a period in which many men lived to one hundred and fifty. The thing that made Wallensteinlook old was the suffering which came from mental strain not the kind which came from anxietyand competition not the kind which came from ill health. It was a subtler kind a sensitivitywhich created its own painful ness Yet it was real. Wallenstein was as stable as men came and the young lieutenant was astonished to find that athis first meeting with the commander in chief his instinctive emotional reaction should be oneof quick sympathy for the man who commanded the entire organization. quotYour namequot The lieutenant answered quotGordon Greene.quot quotBorn that wayquot quotNo sir.quot quotWhat was your name originallyquot quotGiordano Verdi.quot quotWhy did you change Verdi is a great name too.quot quotPeople just found it hard to pronounce sir. I followed along the best I could.quot quotI kept my namequot said the old general. quotI suppose it is a matter of taste.quot of Man The young lieutenant lifted his hand left hand palm outward in the new salute whichhad been devised by the psychologists. He knew that this meant military courtesy could bepassed by for the moment and that the subordinate officer was requesting permission to speak asman to man. He knew the salute