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1、SevenOutofTimeZagat,ArthurLeoPublished:1939Type(s):Novels,ScienceFictionSource:Feedbooks1AboutZagat:ArthurLeoZagatwasanAmericanlawyerandwriterofpulpfictionandsciencefiction.Trainedinthelaw,hegaveituptowriteprofession-ally.ZagatisnotedforhiscollaborationswithfellowlawyerNatSchach-ner.Zagatwrote
2、about500storiesthatappearedinavarietyofpulpmagazinesincludingThrillingWonderStories,ArgosyandAstounding.Hisnovel,SevenOutofTime,waspublishedbyFantasyPressin1949.2Chapter1TIMEISOFTHEESSENCE"YouhavenotfoundEvelynRand.""Nosir,"Iagreed."ButI—""Noexcuses,Mr.March."Theofficewasenormous,thedeskmassiv
3、e,butsittingbehindthelatterPierpontAltonSturdevantdominatedboth.Notbecauseofanyphysicalquality.Hewasbelowaverageinstaturenordidhisgrayinghairhavethepatchesofwhiteatthetemplesthatfic-tionwritersandtheillustratorsofadvertisementsseemtothinkaretheinvariablemarkof'menofdistinction.'Itwasratherhish
4、awk'snoseandthesexlessausterityofhisthinmouththatmademethinkofhimasre-semblingsomeRomanEmperor,andmyself,averyjuniorattorneyonthestaffoftheaugustfirmofSturdevant,Hamlin,MosbyandGarfield,assomeyoungcenturionreturnedfromUlteriorGaul."Youshouldknowbythistime,"thedryvoicerustled,"thatIamnotinteres
5、tedinex-cuses,butonlyinfacts."Ihad,intruth,justreturnedtothecity,fromtheremotereachesofsuburbanWestchester,andwhatIhadtoreportwasfailure."Thefactis,sir,thatIhavenotfoundEvelynRand."Sturdevantwasverystill,lookingatmeinthehugeleatherarmchairtowhichhe'dmotionedmewithaterse,'Goodmorning.'Hewasexpr
6、es-sionlessandstillforalongmomentandthenheasked,"Ifyoucontinuesearchingforher,howsoondoyouthinkyouwillbeabletolocateher?"Ididn'tlikethatif.Ididn'tlikeitatallbutIcontrivedtokeepmydis-mayoutofmyfaceandmyvoice."Ican'tsay,Mr.Sturdevant.Ihaven'tbeenabletounearthasingleclueastowhathappenedtoher."The
7、girlhadwalkedoutofherParkAvenueapartmenthousethatSundaymorn-ing,twoweeksagoyesterday,andvanished."Thedoormanseemstohavebeenthelastpersonevertoseeher.Heofferedtocallataxiforherandshesaidthatshewouldwalktochurch.Hewatchedhergodowntheblock
