Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;
Along the cool sequester'd vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenour of their way.

Thomas Grey

CHAPTER 82 NEXT CALLER

And our next caller is Mrs Trellis from North Wales. Are you there Mrs Trellis?

“What?”

“Mrs Trellis, do you have a question for us?”

“A question?”

“Yes. Mrs Trellis you said..”

“I’d like to ask a question.”

“OK.”

“What?”

“What is your question?”

“Yes. I want to know something.”

“What do you want to know Mrs Trellis?”

“I want to know about this space ship.”

“Yes Mrs Trellis.”

“It's throwing it away.”

“Throwing away what Mrs Trellis.”

“The space ship. Throwing away the Space ship.”

“What about it Mrs trellis?”

“What about it?”

“Yes.”

“Its what they say they are going to do with it.”

“I’m sorry?”

“It said on the telly.”

“Yes Mrs Trellis.”

“This man on the telly. He said.”

“Go on.”

“Its what he said. They are going to dispose of it in the Sun.”

“Really?”

“Can I interrupt here? It is part of the health and safety appraisal for all new equipment that a recommendation for eventual disposal should be made. In this case it was felt that rather than leave a large interplanetary ship in orbit where it could be a hazard to other craft on the same orbit, and rather than go to the expense of dismantling for return to the Earth or Moon, or go through the risks of burning up in an atmosphere, that the ship could be aimed into the Sun for vaporisation.”

“Yes. You see. The Sun.”

“Dose this worry you Mrs Trellis?”

“What?”

“Dose this…..”

“Of course. Of course. Its pollution.”

“You think this will pollute the Sun?”

“Of course. What if it goes out?”

“I, well, I uh, I don’t think that is very likely Mrs Trellis.”

“But how do you know?”

“Well…uh….”

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