"But then, to her all these wonders were equally wonderful, and, in fact, no more mysterious than rain, wind, birth, death, and the wheel of the seasons."
-Poul Anderson, The Corridors Of Time, CHAPTER NINE, p. 81.
"...she accepted everything as it came to her, though she kept a fox's alertness: an attitude that Zen masters might envy." (p. 83)
Except that they would not envy!
When Lockridge says that they will tell people in the sixteenth century that Auri is his wife, she takes this to mean that she is his wife and he has to invent a reason why they will not consummate their marriage yet.
Again, having moved along a corridor, they emerge at the same place on the Earth's surface but the forest is gone and there is the ruin of a burned cottage. Same place, different time, much closer to Lockridge's present.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I am not absolutely sure all time travelers from Auri's era would accept the futuristic "wonders" she saw so calmly. I think it depends largely on the innate intelligence and stability of a particular person. So Auri might be an exception, rather than the rule.
Sean
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