Report on Probability A"'One afternoon early in a certain January, the weather showed a lack of character. There was no frost nor wind: the trees in the garden did not stir.' Within the house moved a woman, the strangely fascinating Mrs. Mary: without, a black and white cat stalked the pigeon known as X. The characters G, S and C watched from various outbuildings. From parallel worlds others watched them and yet others watched these watchers. An enigmatic engraving hung in each outbuilding and as the early dusk fell C gazed at a representation of two snakes, each swallowing the other's tail."--Back cover |
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