"Don't be cute."
"He's a very nice boy."
He frowned. "All right, so I'm foolish and juvenile...."
"And he's so interesting," she went on, paying no attention. "He was telling me all about glaciers. In Switzerland. Near this ski lodge. Seems the glaciers have been growing during the past few years. Something I should really be sure to see."
"Sounds fascinating," Lee grumbled.
"Oh, it is. The glaciers, that is. They were retreating, you know, until a few years ago. Now they're growing again. Goes in cycles, it seems...."
Lee suddenly stiffened. "Great God of our forefathers!"
"What now?"
Instead of answering, he scrambled out of his chair and went to the floor-to-ceiling bookcase that lined one wall of the office.
"Sid, what's the matter? Did I say something...."