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    "Good afternoon," said Bruce. 
    "Good to see you again, Bruce," said the man. "Please come in. Miranda is upstairs, getting ready, you know how long women take. Her mother was the same." The man paused, and then he asked, "Where are you going today ?" 
    "We are going to Nine Wells, for a picnic," said Bruce, "perhaps you would like to come with us ?" 
    "No thank you," said the man. "I am feeling rather tired today, I think I will have a rest, but you two go ahead and enjoy yourselves. I am very glad you and Miranda are friends. It has been lonely for her after her mother died, and I know she misses her older brothers and sister since they have got married and left home." 
    Bruce felt uncomfortable, and he thought, "I know Miranda's mother died three years ago, but I do not want to talk about it. I hope Miranda comes down soon. What can I talk to her father about ?" Then Bruce had an idea.   
    "Can you tell me more about these dates on the wall," said Bruce. "Miranda said they were something to do with messages to stars." 
    "Well, it is rather a long story," said the man. "You know that the stars are a long way away from Earth, and that the light from the stars takes many years to come here."
    "Yes," said Bruce, "and that is why the distance to the stars is measured in Light Years, the huge distance that light travels in a year." 
    "Right," said the man, "and radio signals travel at the same speed. So, if a star is 10 light years away, and we send a radio signal to it, it will be 10 years before the star receives the signal." 
    "The signal would be very weak after travelling such an enormous distance," said Bruce, "and who would receive it ?" 
    "Ah," said the man, "we do not know. However, suppose there are some clever people on a planet going round a star, like the Earth goes round the Sun, and suppose that these people are listening for very weak radio signals from planets going round other stars. Also suppose that they have a very powerful radio transmitter ready to send a radio signal in reply as soon as they hear something." 
    "Yes," said Bruce, "but what will they be listening for, surely not a message in English ?" 
    "No, of course not," said the man. "The message has to be very simple, so that anyone can recognise it, and yet clever enough so that it does not appear to be accidental. Now, if these people receive a message, it will be another 10 years before we hear the reply, 20 years altogether. That is what the dates on the wall are, and you can see that we will have to wait a few years for the next date. They are the dates that we could expect replies from the nearest stars, to a message sent on May 14th 1963. Ah, here comes Miranda."