The elderly man doesn't introduce himself, assuring Arthur that his name is not important. He does tell Arthur that when he and his contemporaries understood that the planet-building business was going into a recession, they decided to put themselves to sleep and to program the computers to wake them up when the economy was able to support luxury services again. He then says that Arthur must come with him in his aircar, and it is obviously not a suggestion. There is a hint of an order to the request. Arthur finally insists on.....
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