"Ordo Draconis - (K) Kopyleft 2016." "All Rites Reversed..." "VISITORS" "Expedition Adam 84 gives Mr. Dürchlich a night of surprises." "The money sent from the future isn't delivered to exactly the right spot." "What's more, somebody witnesses their entire conversation." "The land surveyors are suspicious of him, right from the start." "The fact they come from the 25th century doesn't particularly shock the old man." "But the football results in next week's newspaper do." "On reading about the victory of Sparta, he is struck speechless." "The visitors have no choice but to dry their clothes, and the money too." "But the Central World Brain has made a mistake when sending their money." "A mistake of 100 years." "The banknotes are out of date." "The Expedition is near bankrupt." "The doctor's disappointed too, over his ejection from the hospital, and Olga's seemingly happy marriage." "The search of the mysterious Beisovice fishing lake reveals nothing new either." "Although the discovery of Mr. Dürchlich's bicycle causes some speculation in town." "Yet the old man is still alive, and he's entertaining guests, and even the doctor manages to make contact with them in the end." "13." "DISCLOSURE" "Prepare for our journey back home." "Destroy Eyes No. 2 and 3." " Anything else?" " There's a bill, 728 for the rooms." "Why haven't you paid it?" "Because I'm not a Schwarzenberg." "If you want new horses, I'm happy to help, though." " What now, then?" " We only found the bicycle." "728 Crowns?" "Check if they included the extra bed in that as well?" "Yes." "It's with the extra bed." "646." " And 5 more." " Here is another 20." "Plus 3." "The change they gave me when I bought the fur coats." "And you said it wasn't a good idea to buy them." " Mr. Dürchlich?" " Well, yes." "You use the pencil as a phone, but still, you don't have the money for the hotel." "What can I say?" "Nice prospects." "Well, we'll surely cover the rest somehow." "How much are you still missing?" " 54." " That's nothing." "That's right!" "If my trousers weren't wet, I'd come along with you." "But now, you'll just have to... do this without me." "Here!" "They just told me at the post office!" " There's no death scarier than that!" " He must've felt it last evening already." "He was just sitting there, as if he had serious problems." "He was playing like that too." "As if he'd lost the mood for that too." "I told him he'd lost." "But he didn't care about that either." "Put back the candies." "We already bought you a toy." "All right, add this candy as well, Mrs. Mala." "That's it!" "One can get really thirsty during land surveying, am I right?" "Uh-huh..." "Come on, let's go." "Take it, will you?" "Didn't he say we'll get money in return?" " Here, here!" " There?" "54." " Good bye, Ma'am!" " Pop in next time you're around!" "I've something to ask you." " Good bye!" " Thank you." "Poor man." "He couldn't even finish the roof." "It looks like he was in a real hurry." " The gate is open." " Maybe the lock's broken." "What about the goat?" " What are you doing here?" " Making tea." "Tea?" "For whom?" "For him." "Where are you running off to?" " One of the land surveyors!" " So what?" "Give the goat some food!" "Hey!" "Is that you, Mr. Viskochi?" "Wow, how kind of you!" "You know, we just had a swim in the lake last night." "Would you like to join us for tea?" "Of course." "It was a nice evening, with stars and moonlight..." "And somehow I even forgot about the bicycle." "Yes." "It happens." "I think Jouzova could take the goat in at her place." "Especially if the local council granted her money for the food costs." "We're leaving." "Best of luck!" "Yes." "What kind of goat was he talking about?" "We're taking the toys with us too." "Leave nothing behind." "So!" "Hold on a bit!" "We're going to record this moment." "It will be useful educational material." "Entitled: "Farewell to Adam Bernau, always treading new paths."" "If there's any sort of education left at all, after the impact of the comet." "As a historian, I'm optimistic." "Anyway, we really did everything we could." "Or even a bit more." "CWB's mistake is not our fault." "Show me the bill." "We'll leave the bicycle for the old man." " Can I start?" " Start!" "My heart is aching for that formula and about what's to come for the Earth." "What was that?" "Dear God!" "What are you doing again?" "Me?" "Nothing." "I just threw a sugar-cube into the washbasin." " What happened?" " What are these wires, son?" " Sooner or later you'll blow the house up." " Don't touch it, Dad!" "You'll ruin it!" "You, you little Edison!" "Of course!" "You're not leaving us, are you?" " Is your job over already?" " Good bye!" "Why so suddenly?" "It's about time for us to return home." "Good bye." "And thanks for everything." "This can't be true." "728." "Plus 2." "A pack of scoundrels!" "Let those land surveyors come around here one more time!" "There won't be any free rooms available, I guarantee!" "I set up a bed for the miss in the alcove." "We men will muddle by... somehow." "You should be glad!" "We're having real chicken!" " Ah, thank you." " Real chicken!" "Do you actually know what that means?" "One that used to run around in the garden." "Not some mutant!" "Chicken stew." "Whoever feels like it can chop up the celery and the carrots." "What's that scent?" "Beautiful, freshly picked strawberries." "I can bring you some more." "Maps, money, hurry!" " You mean, this here?" " Destroy it." "Quickly, we've not much time!" " Karas!" " Yes?" "You and Katya take the car." "Look for a good place to leave from, and transmit the news that we're going back." "But listen!" "No more ideas like the lake one." "You've got children, remember?" " Right now?" " Right now." "And what about the chicken?" " Come on, Karas!" " Who's going to cook lunch?" "You and your constant problems!" "I'll chop up the vegetables myself." " What's this?" " Strawberry." " They're leaving!" " But only for a walk." "I'm sorry about this." "The old man was so happy that we'd be here a couple of days." "And I'm having a good time too." "Just wait until you see the attic!" "It's full of treasures." "Like a headphone radio or a one-buttoned typing machine." " Hi!" " Hi!" " Hi!" "Are you crying?" "Our farewell will be hard." "You understand, don't you?" "It's a pity you can't read my treatise on your Memoirs." "Then you'd understand how much respect I have for you." "What's gone is gone." "And whatever's yet to come, we can't know a thing about." "What?" "You've moved here now?" " Yes." " Mr. Dürchlich!" "An invention  with two batteries." "I dropped into the washbasin two..." "Then I made a sketch of it here, and made some calculations." "I even bought a new notebook because of all this." "Can we talk about it later?" " What are you looking at?" " Me?" "Nothing." "Stop!" "Stop!" "Everything is cancelled!" "We're staying here!" "The notebook!" "No. 3!" "We've got it!" "And now it's confirmed that the goal scored in the 3rd minute is disallowed." "Therefore the score is still 1-0, while the Benfica players are coming forward in the meantime." "Well, what did I say?" "Now they're gonna score against us!" "No." "The linesman will say it was offside." "But then Niglichek goes into a counter-attack." "And sends a powerful bomb into the right corner." "That's gonna make it 2-0." "Really!" "That would indeed be some sort of miracle." "Niglichek hasn't had a single attempt this year." "Niglichek starts out on the left side." "He gets the ball!" "He's dribbling it forward with amazing speed!" "They're trying to tackle him!" "But he just keeps on, still in possession of the ball." "He slides, and shoots as he falls." "Goal!" "Sparta" " Benfica, 2-0." "But the match isn't over yet!" "Surely Benfica will recover from this," " to make it a draw at least!" " So?" "Do you believe me now?" "Occasionally I dream about things." " The Benfica players are getting nervous." " You see here?" "Third row from the top." "Sparta" " Benfica, No. 1." "Pass!" "Pass it!" "To me!" " Back!" " Come, come!" "come!" " Take it, take it!" " Quickly!" "Have you got the wrong address, maybe?" "We're simply just crossing over, towards the North-East." "That's where the station is." "I hope you aren't planning to build rails through the field." "Come on!" "It must have been a coincidence, right?" " You don't think I can do that?" " Go!" "May I?" "It's just like our game of "Throw and Catch."" " What a cocky bastard!" " He was just lucky." " Anyway, I can't even imagine him playing." " Even his moustache was ugly." " All right!" "Let's continue!" " Go on!" "The Bernaus' field can be seen perfectly well from the side of the hill." "The house is completely hidden by the trees." "So, that's going to be our job." "But don't play your game of "Throw and Catch" now." "I want exact documentation, minute by minute." "Take this." " More accurately!" "Like that!" " Very good!" " It's clean!" " Here!" "Here!" "Go on!" " Give it back!" " Don't just hold it!" " Don't just hold it!" " Give it back, please!" "We want to play!" "What's happening with the old man?" "I can't see him now." "Of course you can't see him." "You must be at the wrong spot." "I told you to go to the tower!" "I'm in the tower." "But there are too many pigeons here." "They were talking about football." "And what else?" "Every word is important." "Haven't they mentioned us?" "Or the future?" "No." "They're washing their hands." "I just realized something." "The dog is always around Adam." "That's not a soup, lady!" "You have to stir the lime in differently, not like a goulash." "So?" "Have you managed to get a rail for the cellar?" "Not yet." "They didn't have a single piece in the shop." "I might have one at home." "I'll go and check." "Perhaps we wouldn't even have to weld it." "It can wait until tomorrow, can't it?" "We still have a lot of work to do here." "Ah, I'll be finished earlier today." "I have some guests." "I hope you don't mind me saying, but it's a bit odd that the land surveyors suddenly moved to yours." "Just because..." "They say they were spending money like crazy at first." "They feel more comfortable at my place." "Don't attract attention." " Keep down!" " But then even my head will be stung by nettles." "What a terrible place!" "You still think you know where we are?" "No." "But on the other hand, I just had an idea." "We'll place Eye No. 1 on the dog collar." "What dog collar?" "The dog is always around Adam." "Adam is always around the dog." "And the notebook!" "The third one." "And then we don't have to follow him all the time." "Hey!" "Buzz off!" "Or rather not!" "Hand it to me, the Eye!" "Quickly!" "Yes." "How did you manage to cut through here?" "The path is already overgrown by weeds." " What're you doing here?" " I was going to the shop, but thought I'd have some first." "The ones on the top are already ripe." "The best are the ones that the birds already pecked." "Careful, don't let him bite you." "Once a boy wanted to take his dog collar from him." "You should have heard the scene he made." " Are you going to do land surveying here now?" " No." " I'll be back." " You do that." " I have to hurry, before the shop closes." " Happy shopping!" "Fido, to me!" "Fido!" "Unwashed fruit!" "Sometimes I'm not sure whether it's him who follows us or the other way around?" "Fido!" "Want some sausage?" "Eh?" "Do you?" "Recording?" "What do you want to record?" "The dog eating sausage?" "So, do you want it?" "You won't get it!" "Beg for it!" "It's not the dog that's important, but the basic orientation." "Turn off the sound." "And this is already taken care of, thanks to Eye No. 1." "Adam is at home." "Having dinner." "We can make that a bathroom, if you like, then the miss won't have to wash in front of us." "Well, may I?" "Come on, please!" "Sparta" " Benfica, 5-0." "Unbelieveable!" "I kept thinking about it all day long." " About what?" " That we are on such good terms, even though you came from there." "You move around in my house safely." "Just like family members." "But it's not so important." "I've just been thinking out loud." "Don't mind me." "How are you with Einstein by the way?" "In what way?" "Well, at your place, in your time, is he still so respected?" "I mean, given that you're so far from here in time." "We were just having a debate about this with the folks." "In the restaurant." "I mean, that a cosmonaut, if travelling into space, with a speed X times faster than lightspeed, and when he returns to Earth, let's say 50 years later, he didn't age the same way at all." "Only 1 year or so." "Even though his own son is a grandfather by then." "Somebody explain this to me, if he can." "If the starting point is the well-known basic formula, then in this case Einstein's theory of relativity is valid, which is based on the well-known Lorenz transformation." "You'll lend me that piece of paper, won't you?" "I want to show the guys at the restaurant." "They wouldn't believe me without it." "But after all, you are an engineer." "This is relativity!" "If my head is bitten off by a lion, the two of us are in the same place, from a certain point of view." "My head is in a mouth, and in his mouth there is a head." "But, from a relative point of view, he is in a much better situation." "Do something!" "He mustn't take the paper with him from the house!" "I hate ties!" "The mirror!" " Hey, likely lad!" " Come and play basketball with us!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Are you afraid to play with us?" " Where are you going?" " To play." "You can find me on the court if you need me." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Who are they?" "The Florian girls?" "Yes." "Tell Milada that I have to talk to her." "Tell her to wait for me." "You can go." "Go!" "At last!" "Get in!" "What is it?" "Are you afraid?" "It's terrible!" "Always just being in a rush and hurry." " As if somebody was chasing them!" " Stay at home with us." "I'll prepare some nasper for dinner." "What the heck is that, I wonder?" "I hung my trousers somewhere here." "I hope the young man didn't take them, to play the peacock, wearing them in front of the girls..." "I can't go to the restaurant like this." "They were hanging here a moment ago." "Or... did I put them somewhere else, perhaps?" "I can clearly remember." "I got undressed, fed the rabbits, and then the goat..." "What happened after that?" "The devil knows!" "I think I went to fetch some water." "Yes, yes." "I went for some water." " The same again." " Give me some lemonade." " Good day!" " G'day!" " Do the land surveyors still live here?" "They moved." "We weren't high class enough for them." "They're at the Grand Hotel Dürchlich now." "That's right!" "The old man might even get married in the end." "Then we'll drink at his wedding party!" "I'm sure he's helping the little black- haired one to do some land surveying." "He didn't even come to play cards today." "Bullshit!" "That's no bullshit!" "If I had such a cute pussycat, I'd stay at home all day too!" "No, no!" "What are you doing?" "Not like that!" "Like this!" "Well, so?" "Minimum bet is one Crown." "OK?" "With kids I play in matchsticks." "Acorns are trumps." "And watch this..." "I'm gonna rip you off in a way that you'll never forget." "I'm gonna show you how do do this!" "So, acorns are trumps, and now, let the game begin!" " How many do you want?" " Three." " Three." "Mr. Engineer?" " Make it two." "Katya?" "There, hold all of them." "Spread out, like a tablecloth." "One, two, three." "Adam!" "Oh!" "This nasper seems very promising, actually." "Although, if I had my trousers, I could still bring some brawn from the Voborgils." "But, here I am!" "One moment, and I'll put something down." "That's it!" " Your turn, Karas!" "Put something down!" "What are you waiting for?" " There it is." "Mr. Engineer!" "You're next!" "Very good, very good, very good!" "And now, it's me." "That's all yours!" "Put bells on it!" "Don't spare it, Katya!" "You can't beat it?" "OK, then you can put leaves on it instead." "That's it!" "Great!" "You're quite good at this game!" "Well, then!" "Ladies and gentlemen!" "The leaves are on!" "Attention!" "This point is totally outside of space." " It's certain!" "I've proved it!" " Ali!" " Good evening!" " Come inside!" " Dinner's geting cold!" "Karas owes 4 Crowns, the engineer too, which totals 8." "We put it on a piece of paper, and we can go on." "But if you aren't entertained by the game..." "Oh, no!" "How could you say that?" "We are very much entertained." "What did you just say?" "We check them, put them on the table, examine the cards, and then we can start." "Well, muster all our strengths, because the great round is about to begin!" "The bet is 19 Crowns." "No more, no less." "Go on!" "Shut up!" "Go away!" "Oh!" "My girl!" "You shouldn't have done that!" "Now I'm even gonna rip your clothes off!" " Go away!" " I'd love to see that!" "I can't let you do that." "Contra and Schnapsen!" "Keep quiet!" "Well, aren't you going to put something down, Katerzina?" "Fido!" "To me!" " The genius!" " Wow!" "This girl plays like Paganini!" "Ha!" "What a crazy thing to play the ten!" "When you have 3 aces in your hand!" "Who ever heard of such a thing?" "Driving me crazy!" "Fido!" "What are you doing here?" "Everybody put in one Crown." "I'll put two in." "Where are you gazing at, please?" "You can't play like this." "Look here, at the cards!" "Ace and king!" "So!" "But she was still here a moment ago!" "I don't understand this!" "Who's that?" " Fido!" "Fido!" " Somebody's making sounds!" "What are you doing here?" "Nothing." "Mr. Dürchlich!" "Dad sent me here for some kind of rails." " He said you'd know about it." " Ah, yeah." " Come in." " Fido, to me!" "Where are you off to this time?" "Fido!" "I've been looking for you everywhere." "Why are you kicking that poor beast?" "He keeps looking at us as if we're doing something wrong." "But perhaps if we could take off his collar..." "This is an outrage!" "She turned it off!" "END OF PART 13."