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The snow had ceased, but it caked the ground deeply now and the sleek ground car advanced through the deserted streets with lumbering effort. The murky gray light of incipient dawn was cold not only in the poetical sense but also in a very literal wayβand even in the then turbulent state of the Foundationβs politics, no one, whether Actionist or pro-Hardin, found his spirits sufficiently ardent to begin street activity that early. Yohan Lee did not like that and his grumblings grew audible. βItβs going to look bad, Hardin. Theyβre going to say you sneaked away.β βLet them say it if they wish. Iβve got to get to Anacreon and I want to do it without trouble. Now thatβs enough, Lee.β Hardin leaned back into the cushioned seat and shivered slightly. It wasnβt cold inside the well-heated car, but there was something frigid about a snow-covered world, even through glass, that annoyed him. He said, reflectively, βSome day when we get around
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