Chapter 54 fourth quarter

Quintessorz looked down at the desk, absently brushing his short, curly hair with one hand.Then he raised his head and stared at Trevize again, while pressing his lips tightly together, as if he had made up his mind not to say anything. Trevize raised his eyebrows, waiting patiently for his response.At last Quintessors said hoarsely: "It's very late--it's quite dark." Before that, he had always spoken the orthodox galactic standard language, but now he had some weird cosmic eyes.It was as if he had suddenly forgotten his orthodox education and blurted out the dialect of Sechelle.

"Gloomy, Thor Kun?" "It's almost dark." Trevize said, "I didn't notice, and I'm getting hungry when you say that. Would you like to have dinner with us, Thor Kun? We'll treat you. Maybe we can eat and talk, and go on— Gaia." Quinteserz stood up slowly. He was taller than the two guests from Terminus, but he was older and fatter than both of them, so his height did not make him look particularly strong.Compared to when we first met, he seemed rather tired. He blinked at the two guests, and then said: "I actually forgot how to treat guests, you two are foreigners, how can I let you spend money. Go to my house, I live in the campus, away from here It's not too far away, and if you guys want to go on, I'm more comfortable talking at home. The only regret—" (he seems a bit disturbed) "is that I can't give you a feast, both my wife and I. Vegetarians, if you like to eat meat, I can only express my apologies and regrets."

Trevize said: "Jen Bae and I are happy to give up our carnivorous nature for a while, and your conversation will make this dinner worth more than any big fish and meat-I hope so." "No matter what we talk about," said Quintessors, "I can assure you that the dinner will not be boring, if you are interested in trying the seasoning of Sechelle, my wife and I have studied it well. " "It's up to you, I'm looking forward to a meal full of exotic flavors, Thor Kun." Trevize replied calmly, but Pelorat looked a little nervous. So the three of them walked out of the research room together, led by Quintesurz, and walked along the seemingly endless corridor.Occasionally, some students and colleagues greeted Quinteserz, but he did not introduce the two companions to anyone.Trevize noticed that someone was looking at his belt curiously. Unfortunately, the belt he wore today happened to be gray, which made him very uncomfortable.Clearly, wearing plain clothing on this campus is not considered etiquette.

They managed to get out of the building complex and came to the open-air environment. Now the sky is indeed very dark, and it is a bit chilly.Many big trees can be vaguely seen in the distance, and there are quite dense lawns on both sides of the walkway. Pelorat stopped suddenly, turned his back to the faint lights from the buildings and the rows of street lights on the campus, and looked up at the sky. "It's so beautiful!" He exclaimed, "There is a famous poet in our area who once wrote a poem praising the starry sky of Saixier. There is a famous line in it: The towering night sky of Saixier is inlaid with colorful stars."

Trevize looked up to admire the starry sky, and then said in a low voice: "We came from the terminal star, Thor Kun, my friend has never seen the night sky of other worlds. On the terminal star, we can only see the hazy sky. The cloudy Milky Way, and a few barely visible stars. If you've ever lived with us, you'll appreciate your own starry sky better." Kuntserz said in a solemn tone: "We are proud of it, I can assure you. This place is considered to be a less crowded area in the Milky Way, but it is not a big deal. What is rare is that the distribution of stars is quite even. .I don't believe that on other worlds in the Milky Way, you can see such an even distribution of first-magnitude stars, and there are not too many. I have been to some worlds, where they are located right on the outer edge of globular clusters, and their night skies are full of bright stars. , thus destroying the dark night and making the starry sky lose its magnificent beauty.”

"I quite agree with you," Trevize said. "I don't know," said Quintessz, "do you see those five stars that are about equally bright, and they form almost a regular pentagon, which we call the 'five sisters.' In that direction, just Above the road tree, do you see it?" "I see it," Trevize replied, before adding, "It's fascinating." "That's right," said Quintessz, "these five stars symbolize consummated love. When every Sachel writes a love letter, they will always draw the shape of these five stars at the back to represent courtship." Each star represents a different stage of love, and many poets compete to write as many lines as possible to make each stage as sexy and explicit as possible. When I was young, I tried to write love poems like this, and I never I didn't expect that one day I would become so indifferent to the five sisters, but I think this is probably life. In the center of the five sisters, there is a dim star, have you seen it?"

"I see." "That star," said Quintessz, "represents unrequited love. According to one of our legends, it was once quite bright in the past, but then it became dim because of sadness." After finishing speaking, he continued quickly Step forward.