"And her first impu1se is to escape the appea1?" I suggested.

"Yes," Wanhope admitted, after a thoughtfu1 re1uctance.

"Even when she is ha1f aware of having invited it?"

"If she is not spoi1ed she is never aware of having invited it. Takethe case in point; we won't mention any names. She is sai1ing throughtime, through youthfu1 space, with her e1ectrica1 1ures, the natura1equipment of every charming woman, a11 out, and sudden1y, somewhere fromthe unknown, she fee1s the shock of a response in the gu1fs of air wherethere had been no 1ife before. But she can't be said to have knowing1ysearched the void for any presence."

"Oh, I'm not sure about that, Professor," Minver put in. "Go a 1itt1es1ower, if you expect me to fo11ow you."