14. When I came on duty the next day,he was still there. 15. "Did she work anywhere?"I asked 16. He nodded:"She was a gardener.I called her former boss,but all he knows is that she left to get married." 17.Well,that's how it began.Sidney hung around that line and the museum for the next three or four days.The D.C police looked into the case,but they couldn't do much;after all,no crime had been committed.Maybe she had just changed her mind,they reasoned Somehow I didn't believe that
14. When I came on duty the next day, he was still there. 15. “Did she work anywhere?” I asked. 16. He nodded: “She was a gardener. I called her former boss, but all he knows is that she left to get married.” 17. Well, that’s how it began. Sidney hung around that line and the museum for the next three or four days. The D.C. police looked into the case, but they couldn’t do much; after all, no crime had been committed. Maybe she had just changed her mind, they reasoned. Somehow I didn’t believe that
18. One day,after about two weeks,I told Sidney of my theory."If she's a traveler,and if you wait long enough,you'll see her coming through that door someday."He turned and looked at the front entrance as though he had never seen it before,while I went on explaining about Maryanne's figures on the laws of probability. 19. Sidney went to work for Maryanne as a clerk."I had to get a job somewhere,didn't I?"he said sheepishly.Neither of us ever spoke of Kate anymore,and we dropped the subject of the laws of probability,but I noticed that Sidney observed every person who entered that most visited of all museums
18. One day, after about two weeks, I told Sidney of my theory. “If she’s a traveler, and if you wait long enough, you’ll see her coming through that door someday.” He turned and looked at the front entrance as though he had never seen it before, while I went on explaining about Maryanne’s figures on the laws of probability. 19. Sidney went to work for Maryanne as a clerk. “I had to get a job somewhere, didn’t I?” he said sheepishly. Neither of us ever spoke of Kate anymore, and we dropped the subject of the laws of probability, but I noticed that Sidney observed every person who entered that most visited of all museums
20. Maryanne tired of life in the nation's capital about a year later,and she moved to New Mexico.Sidney took over the stand, expanded it,and soon had a very nice little business. 21. Then came yesterday.It was spring and the tourists had descended on Washington,as they do every year.There was an endless stream of them,as usual.What made yesterday different began with a great noise. 22 Sidney cried out and the next thing I knew,there were souvenirs and cards,dolls,and who-knows-what flying all over the place.Sidney had leaped over the counter and upset everything in sight.He ran across the floor and grabbed a young woman who was standing not ten feet from my window. was small and dark and had an interesting face
20. Maryanne tired of life in the nation’s capital about a year later, and she moved to New Mexico. Sidney took over the stand, expanded it, and soon had a very nice little business. 21. Then came yesterday. It was spring and the tourists had descended on Washington, as they do every year. There was an endless stream of them, as usual. What made yesterday different began with a great noise. 22. Sidney cried out and the next thing I knew, there were souvenirs and cards, dolls, and who-knows-what flying all over the place. Sidney had leaped over the counter and upset everything in sight. He ran across the floor and grabbed a young woman who was standing not ten feet from my window. She was small and dark and had an interesting face
23. For a while they just hung on to each other,laughing and crying and saying things which had no meaning.She'd say a few words like,"It was the other one,the one down the street,the one called the castle on the mall,"and he'd kiss her speechless and tell her the many things he'd done to try to find her.What apparently had happened,three years ago, was that Kate had gone to a different building.When she was young,her family had taken her to a part of the Smithsonian where the plane in which Charles Lindbergh had flown across the Atlantic Ocean was.She remembered where it was,but she didn't think that they would move it. She had waited at another museum for days and had spent all her money trying to find Sidney
23. For a while they just hung on to each other, laughing and crying and saying things which had no meaning. She’d say a few words like, “It was the other one, the one down the street, the one called the castle on the mall,” and he’d kiss her speechless and tell her the many things he’d done to try to find her. What apparently had happened, three years ago, was that Kate had gone to a different building. When she was young, her family had taken her to a part of the Smithsonian where the plane in which Charles Lindbergh had flown across the Atlantic Ocean was. She remembered where it was, but she didn’t think that they would move it. She had waited at another museum for days and had spent all her money trying to find Sidney
Finally,she got a job as a gardener with the Department of the Interior,working on the grounds of various government buildings around town. 24. "You mean you've been here all the time?"Sidney gasped incredulously. 25. She nodded 26: "But everybody visits the Air and Space Museum! You mean you've been here for three years and never come through those doors before?I've been here all the time, waiting and waiting for the day to come, watching everyone who came here
Finally, she got a job as a gardener with the Department of the Interior, working on the grounds of various government buildings around town. 24. “You mean you’ve been here all the time?” Sidney gasped incredulously. 25. She nodded. 26. “But everybody visits the Air and Space Museum! You mean you’ve been here for three years and never come through those doors before? I’ve been here all the time, waiting and waiting for the day to come, watching everyone who came here…