"So a lot of history is now gone forever. The Campaigners for Real Time claim that just as esy travel eroded the differences between on country and another, and between one world and another, so time travel is now eroding the differences between one age and another. 'The past,' they say, 'is now truly like a foreign country. They do things exactly the same there.'"

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"'Were the zarking photon have you been?' hissed Ford, panic stricken.
'Er, well,' stutttered Arthur, not really knowing how to sum it all up that briefly, 'here and there. What are you doing here?'
Ford turned his wild eyes on Arthur again.
'They won't let us in without a bottle,' he hissed."

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less than 48 hours! (giggle, giggle)