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...next morning Vag's sorrowing family called up the family lawyer, the family mortician, and the family minister. His son wanted to write the memorial: "He will be remembered as fondly as he remembered us.... Gentle, but not lacking in character...he lived his life not for himself but for the benefit of others...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Cabbages and Kings Giving Up the Ghost | 1/14/1970 | See Source »

...room opened out behind the door, spacious and modern. Vag examined the beige rug beneath his feet, then diffidently raised his eyes to the light blue-and-green sofa and the shining desk and the blue-and-green tinted lamps. This was like the house of one of his daughters-in-law: it made him nervous but of course he complimented her on her good taste. In a light-green armchair sat a pleasant, youngish man holding a small book. Vag looked at him curiously. He felt obliged to state his business, but he had none...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Cabbages and Kings Giving Up the Ghost | 1/14/1970 | See Source »

...this is the right place." the man said. "You are Vag, aren't you? Then everything's okay." He waited for this reassurance to reach Vag, then added...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Cabbages and Kings Giving Up the Ghost | 1/14/1970 | See Source »

...Vag looked at the young man with a slight annoyance. "Curiouser and curiouser." he muttered...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Cabbages and Kings Giving Up the Ghost | 1/14/1970 | See Source »

...smiled understandingly. "I know: I'm not quite what you expected. That's okay-it's only natural, the way you've been brought up and all." Vag regarded the young man suspiciously. The man smiled again, gestured to a couch. "Sit down, won't you? It's quite all right," he said, smiling. "I really...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Cabbages and Kings Giving Up the Ghost | 1/14/1970 | See Source »

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