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"Oh, look, a crop circle Let&039;s stop and see if ill be abducted by aliens"

"Why on earth would you want to be abducted by aliens? Froe implants and anal probes Neither is lared atthat tours of a local farm famous for its crop circle were available for a modest fee "You have the soul of a nihilist"

"On the contrary; I don&039;t believe in either assassination or terrorism Is this the turn we need?"

Adirections we&039;d received from a local travel company "I don&039;t think so The directions say the town is called Newton Poppleford There should be a bridge we go across And you know full well that&039;s not the sort of nihilism I meant"

"Ah Newton Poppleford is another kilon partially hidden by a dense shrub "So you&039;re saying I have the soul of a disbeliever?"

"Yes, I am It&039;s all that science stuff you do"

I couldn&039;t help but s a physicist is tanta a crack addict"

"It&039;s not quite that bad, but it&039;s definitely rotting youra bit extreme" I avoided a startled rabbit in the narrow country road, and spotted a hue in the distance No doubt that was the exit we needed to get to the tiny little village that was Sarah&039;s destination

"Not in the least Just look at how your precious skepticishost walk in London"

"At which, I feel obligated to point out, no actual ghosts were present"

A look filled with suspicion was leveled atThomas attitude to thank for that, no doubt"

"Hey, all I ask is that people who insist sohost Just one, just one little, itty-bitty ghost That tour guide couldn&039;t produce so host I don&039;t think it&039;s expecting too much for people to back up their claims with empirical proof"

"Ghosts aren&039;t like you and me! They don&039;t like to y is bad for them So if they don&039;t show up around you, you have no one but yourself to blame"

I would have rolledthe crossing of an old, narrow stone bridge, and decided safety wasmy opinion "Is that the inn?"

Sarah peered out theat a rustic pub "No, ours is the Tattered Stote That&039;s the Indignant Widow Top of the hill, the instructions say"

"OK Cute village I didn&039;t know people here still had thatched roofs"

"Then there was the h I was never so uide that the spirit facilitators were lame"

"I didn&039;t say lame: I said ineffective and inadvertently cohostly attire looked pretty off-the-rack to me At best it was from a theater company And besides, the man said he wanted feedback on the quality of the tour I siht it was very scary when one of the body snatchers&039; victi h!"

"Of course I laughed Only the very gullible would have been frightened in that situation For one thing, ere on a mystery tour that promised thrills and chills For another, it wasn&039;t in the least bit realistic Dead bodies do not spontaneously resurrect the shriek with abandon as they lurch after tourists"

"Do not speak the word &039;spontaneous&039; to ain," Sarah warned with a potent look "I doubt I will ever recover fro the curator of the Museum of the Odd about why spontaneous coarettes"

"Documented cases have proven that people who supposedly combusted by so asleep in chairs and beds - "

"Speak not toup a hand

"But that&039;s why you brought round," I pointed out as we drove slowly through the se inhabitants who had a disconcerting habit of stopping and staring as we drove past

"I brought you on my research trip because Anthony refused to leave his bird-watching group for what he called &039;yet another excuse to spend ht exposure to real psychic phenoood You&039;re too hidebound, Portia"

"Uh-huh"

"You are so set on de before you believe in it, you&039;re positively rigid"

"Right So understanding the building blocks of our universe is hidebound, not just healthy curiosity"

"Butto be forty soon You need a h at that "You&039;re a romance writer, Sarah You want everyone to be madly in love with someone else, but it&039;s just not practical for ave it the best shot I could, but things didn&039;t work out I think I&039;h life without a permanent partner At least of the human, male kind I would like a cat"

Her blue eyes considered ree with you about the Thomas Affair I didn&039;t think anyone could be more analytical than you, but he was positively androidlike"

"Honestly, I&039;m perfectly happy as I am now I have male friends There&039;s a researcher at a local software coether occasionally"

"Geek boy"

"And I&039;ve gone out a couple of times with the vet who lives next door to ht those were Wiccans?"

"No, other side, the yellow one"

Sarah wrinkled her nose "Ah, hily as sin"

"Looks aren&039;t everything, O ye of the blond hair and blue eyes Some of us have to make do with more mundane appearances But just to point out I appreciate eye candy as irl, there&039;s Derek"

"Who&039;s that?"

"Firerocery store There was a line of wo?"

I flashed her a grin "Oh, yes We had coffee He is a bit intense, but so easy on the eyes"

"Hhtful as we crested the hill "But none of them really knock your socks off! What you need is a handson man to sweep you off your feet"