_Well, well, we’re getting around, aren’t we?_
It was a good picture of her, one of the batch they had taken out at
the edge of the pool last September: Lee in Peter Pan costume, poised
on one toe, it seemed, right on the edge of the pool--about to take
off, you’d swear it.
A new art-form will be born this Saturday night [it said
underneath] when Lisa Trovi, world-renowned tri-di dancer, gives a
precedent-making performance at the Moon’s World Dome. Miss Trovi has
been on the Moon, at the U.S.A.A. Dome, since August 24, practicing
for her appearance this Saturday.
“It’s a completely new kind of dance,” Miss Trovi says. “I’m just
beginning to realize what can be done in light gravity. It’s like
changing from swimming in treacle to swimming in water.”
The performance, scheduled for 8.30 P.M. (G.S.T.--3.30 P.M. C.S.T.)
will be broadcast live if conditions permit. Tri-di tapes will be
aired from New York at a later date.
_Saturday_....
But _this_ was Saturday. She wasn’t on the wheel. She wasn’t coming.
He realized only slowly that he was not surprised.
“Stands to reason,” he thought. He showered and went down for breakfast
of ham and eggs, pineapple juice, and good native rum at the bar.