On occasions when he might have discussed Gray with someone other than Jeannie, an anxiety would paw at his throat, his voice would miscatch, and his mind would stutter over what he'd meant to say.

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The one exception to this was William Hilhouse, who was widely regarded as the colonist with the greatest experience of the interior and its native inhabitants, on whose behalf he endlessly campaigned.

The linear combination of the 1S, 2S and 8D_5/2 Lamb shifts obtained in this manner admits direct comparison with the Lamb shift theory without any further complications.