THE PRESIDENT WARNED every participant to say the meeting had been pre-arranged, and the location would remain classified. “Have press conferences if you choose, but remember that travel through time and space is impossible, and any mention of it will be dismissed as insanity caused by the pressures of your office. The press tolerates me and they"ll be very interested in my opinion. Mr. Kim, you"ll go home first. We always know where you are. So we can help at a moment"s notice.”
THE PRESIDENT WARNEDI had a seconds" head start and ran down the hall. I set the bedroom plan on Ashley"s desk. Kim shook hands with everyone. This smiling young man, about the same age as Ashley, had been shown the abyss and stepped back. Relief had relaxed his shoulders. He glanced at me, and bowed slightly, as
