"The surprise is," Dugan said, "that the research man is doing this
work for his doctorate, and he knows he'll never get his degree because
even coming back to the time of the new Shakespeare he can't gather
enough material!"
Dugan looked around expectantly, but it'd laid an egg. There was an
uncomfortable pause while Mallison mumbled bitterly to himself. Jinx
was very unhappy and tried to say complimentary things. I suppose he
felt responsible.
Only I wasn't doing much supposing because I had the most peculiar
sensation.