"You must be he," she said.
He stepped out of the cubicle.
"We have been waiting for you," she told him. "We hoped there'd be no delay, that they'd send you right along."
"My name," said Bishop, "is Selden Bishop, and I was told - "
"Of course you are the one," she said. "You needn't even tell me. It's lying in your mind."
She waved an arm about her.
"How do you like our house?" she asked.
"House?"
"Of course, silly. This. Naturally it's only the living room. Our bedrooms are up in the mountains. But we changed this just yesterday. Everyone worked so hard at it. I do hope you like it. Because, you see, it is from your planet. We thought it might make you feel at home."
"House," he said again.