經典科幻文學:《宇宙盡頭的餐館》第27章
Chapter 27
“I trust you had a pleasant meal?” said Zarniwoop to Zaphod and Trillian as they rematerialized on the bridge of the starship Heart of Gold and lay panting on the floor.
Zaphod opened some eyes and glowered at him.
“You,” he spat. He staggered to his feet and stomped off to find a chair to slump into. He found one and slumped into it.
“I have programmed the computer with the Improbability Coordinates pertinent to our journey,” said Zarniwoop, “we will arrive there very shortly. Meanwhile, why don’t you relax and prepare yourself for the meeting?”
Zaphod said nothing. He got up again and marched over to a small cabinet from which he pulled a bottle of old Janx spirit. He took a long pull at it.
“And when this is all done,” said Zaphod savagely, “it’s done, alright? I’m free to go and do what the hell I like and lie on beaches and stuff?”
“It depends what transpires from the meeting,” said Zarniwoop.
“Zaphod, who is this man?” said Trillian shakily, wobbling to her feet, “What’s he doing here? Why’s he on our ship?”
“He’s a very stupid man,” said Zaphod, “who wants to meet the man who rules the Universe.”
“Ah,” said Trillian taking the bottle from Zaphod and helping herself, “a social climber.”
第二十七章
“這頓飯一定吃得不錯吧，”扎尼烏普對贊福德和崔莉恩說，他們剛剛在“黃金之心號”星際飛船的艦橋上還原，躺在地板上直喘粗氣。
贊福德睜開一些眼腈，對他怒目而視。
“你！”贊福德吐了口唾誅。他晃晃悠悠地站起身來，想找到一把椅子好倒在上面。他找到一把，倒了進去，
“我已經在電腦裏編好了和我們這趟旅程相關的非概率座標，”扎尼烏普說，“我們很快就能到達目的地。現在，你爲什麼不放鬆放鬆，爲這次會面作點準備什麼的，”
贊福德什麼也沒說，他站起身來，走到一個小櫃子前，取出一瓶傑克斯老酒，狠狠地灌了一大口。
“等這一切結束，”贊福德粗魯地說，“結束，對嗎？我就能自由地離開，去幹他媽的我喜歡乾的事，躺在海灘上或者別的什麼地方！對嗎？”
“這得看會面的情況了。”扎尼烏普說。
“贊福德，這人是淮？”摧莉恩用顫抖的聲音問，一邊搖搖晃晃地站了起來，“他在這兒幹什麼，他爲什麼會在我們的飛船上？”
“他是一個大傻瓜。”贊福德說，“他想和統治整個宇宙的那個人會面”
“哦，”崔莉恩說，她從贊福德手裏章過酒瓶，自己喝了起來，“一個一心向上爬的野心家、”
