They called each other names—opportunist, cynic, pessimist—and I found myself frightened.
Suddenly, I realized I no longer had the right to stand there outside the office and listen to them without their knowing it.
They might not have cared when I was too feeble-minded to know what was going on, but now that I could understand they wouldn't want me to hear it.
I left without waiting for the outcome. It was dark, and I walked for a long time trying to figure out why I was so frightened.
I was seeing them clearly for the first time—not gods or even heroes, but just two men worried about getting something out of their work.
Yet, if Nemur is right and the experiment is a success, what does it matter?
There's so much to do, so many plans to make. I'll wait until tomorrow to ask them about taking Miss Kinnian to a movie to celebrate my raise.
April 26 — I know I shouldn't hang around the college when I'm through at the lab,
but seeing the young men and women going back and forth carrying books
and hearing them talk about all the things they're learning in their classes excites me.
I wish I could sit and talk with them over coffee in the Campus Bowl Luncheonette
when they get together to argue about books and politics and ideas.
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