He realized that Sally's hand was tightly clasped in his. She said: "Me
too, Joe?"
"Some day," said Joe, "you too."
He stood up to watch more closely. Sally stood beside him. The others
came to look. They made a group on the lawn, as people were grouped
everywhere in all the world to gaze up at it.
The Space Platform, a tiny sliver of sunshine, an infinitesimal speck of
golden light, moved sedately across the deepening blue toward the east.
Toward the night.