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标  题: 2010  (6)
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PART II
TSIEN

6
Awakening

And they told us we wouldn't dream, thought Heywood
Floyd, more with surprise than annoyance. The glorious
pink glow that surrounded him was very soothing; it re-
minded him of barbecues and the crackling logs of Christ-
mas fire. But there was no warmth; indeed, he felt a distinct
though not uncomfortable coldness.
  Voices were murmuring, just too softly for him to under-
stand the words. They became louder -- but still he could not
understand.
  'Surely,' he said in sudden amazement, 'I can't be dream-
ing in Russian!'
  'No, Heywood,' answered a woman's voice. 'You're not
dreaming. It's time to get out of bed.'
  The lovely glow faded; he opened his eyes, and had a
blurred glimpse of a flashlight being withdrawn from his
face. He was lying on a couch, held against it by elastic
webbing; figures were standing around him, but they were
too out of focus to identify.
  Gentle fingers closed his eyelids and massaged his fore-
head.
  'Don't exert yourself. Breathe deeply... again...
that's right... now how do you feel?'
  'I don't know... strange... light-headed... and
hungry.'
  'That's a good sign. Do you know where you are? You
can open your eyes now.'
  The figures came into focus -- first Dr Rudenko, then
Captain Orlova. But something had happened to Tanya
since he had seen her, only an hour ago. When Floyd
identified the cause, it was almost a physical shock.
  'You've grown your hair back!'
  'I hope you think it's an improvement. I can't say the
same about your beard.'
  Floyd lifted his hand to his face, finding that he had to
make a conscious effort to plan every stage of the move-
ment. His chin was covered with short stubble -- a two or
three days' growth. In hibernation, hair grew at only a
hundredth of its normal rate...
  'So I made it,' he said. 'We've arrived at Jupiter.'
  Tanya looked at him sombrely, then glanced at the doc-
tor, who gave a barely perceptible nod.
  'No, Heywood,' she said. 'We're still a month away.
Don't be alarmed -- the ship's fine, and everything's running
normally. But your friends in Washington have asked us to
wake you up ahead of time. Something very unexpected has
happened. We're in a race to reach Discovery -- and I'm afraid
we're going to lose.'

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