‘Buried how long?’
The answer was always the same: ‘Almost eighteen years.’
‘You had abandoned all hope of being dug out?’
‘Long ago.’
‘You know that you are recalled to life?’
‘*They tell me so.’
‘I hope you care to live?’*
‘I can’t say.’
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Eighteen years!’ said the passenger, looking at the sun. ‘Gracious Creator of day! To be buried alive for eighteen years!’
Sayfa 19