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Fanfare, whole no. 10, December 1943

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   "What state?" she demanded
   "Quantum state, silly!" he retorted. "Where did you ever learn to wave mechanics?"
   "I don't!" she snapped. "Besides, they're always dirty."
   "Are you certain?" he inquired, perking his head on one side like a blue canary.
   "Of course I'm certain! she cried. One of the green darts hit him & he vanished. She stared about her in dismay. He wasn't much, but he was something. Then suddenly he was back again with another sphere chained to the first one.
   "You can't be. It's against the law," he announced triumphantly. 
   "What law?" demanded Alicia.
   "Heisenberg's law," he told her. "The uncertainty law. It's all there is down here except operators & matrices & commutators."
   A horrible grating roar sounded behind her. Alicia found herself sitting on the little man's lap with both arms around his neck.
   "W-was that a commutator?" she faltered. 
   "Nope," he told her cheerfully. "Just a physicist trying to break the law."
   "Will he hurt us?" asked Alicia, drawing away from him.
   "He may ionize us," he told her. "Keep an eye open & stick to me."
   She settled herself comfortable on the second sphere & they went scooting off across the atom-scape in the direction of the sound. Alicia tried to make conversation. 
   "Where are we?" she asked the little man.
   "In smallness, of course," he told her reprovingly. "You ought to know that. Didn't Cummings Ray you?"
   "Yes," she admitted, "but I have never seen anything like this in his books. Where are all the giants & princesses?"
   "You have a lot to learn," the gnome observed patronizingly. "He has never been here. He sends lots of other people, but they never get back. He sent me. He does not dare try it on himself."
   "Oh, but he does," protested Alicia loyally. "He

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9 "What state?" she demanded "Quantum state, silly!" he retorted. "Where did you ever learn to wave mechanics?" "I don't!" she snapped. "Besides, they're always dirty." "Are you certain?" he inquired, perking his head on one side like a blue canary. "Of course I'm certain! she cried. One of the green darts hit him & he vanished. She stared about her in dismay. He wasn't much, but he was something. Then suddenly he was back again with another sphere chained to the first one. "You can't be. It's against the law," he announced triumphantly. "What law?" demanded Alicia. "Heisenberg's law," he told her. "The uncertainty law. It's all there is down here except operators & matrices & commutators." A horrible grating roar sounded behind her. Alicia found herself sitting on the little man's lap with both arms around his neck. "W-was that a commutator?" she faltered. "Nope," he told her cheerfully. "Just a physicist trying to break the law." "Will he hurt us?" asked Alicia, drawing away from him. "He may ionize us," he told her. "Keep an eye open & stick to me." She settled herself comfortable on the second sphere & they went scooting off across the atom-scape in the direction of the sound. Alicia tried to make conversation. "Where are we?" she asked the little man. "In smallness, of course," he told her reprovingly. "You ought to know that. Didn't Cummings Ray you?" "Yes," she admitted, "but I have never seen anything like this in his books. Where are all the giants & princesses?" "You have a lot to learn," the gnome observed patronizingly. "He has never been here. He sends lots of other people, but they never get back. He sent me. He does not dare try it on himself." "Oh, but he does," protested Alicia loyally. "He