"Yes, I am. I feel I need a holiday. a very long holiday, as I have told you before. Probably a permanent holiday; I don't expect I shall return. In fact, I don't mean to, and I have made all the arrangements."
"I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed!' he snorted. 'Why I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something."
"Gandalf looked curiously and closely at him. 'No, it does not seem right,' he said thoughtfully. 'No, after all I believe your plan is probably the best.'"
"'Well, I've made up my mind, anyway. I want to see mountains again, Gandalf-mountains"
3 comments:
Are you ready to retire? Sounds like those mountains and digs are beckoning..
Whose going to train the nascent Susan Calvins?
T.O.M.
I am taking several months off to, among other things, teach robotics on a high school level. Got the training of nascent roboteers covered.
W.C.
Many things beckon. I am not ignoring them. Of course, people keep bugging me to work in various other places. Stay tuned.
T
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