第6章 一个无法安静的充满活力和激情的人

他被一个高窕丰满的金发碧眼、无科学知识的的幽灵所吸引。

--WR，摘自“脑电波与死亡”

在1938年卢米斯的建筑物刚刚落成，卢米斯无望地爱上了霍巴特29岁的妻子曼妮特。原来准备招待访问科学家的客厅的玻璃房，变成了他们的秘密约会的隐藏室。加班时，此客厅就成了卢米斯的家外之家。具有讽刺意味地是，这个房屋的半透明玻璃墙成为理想的私人约会环境。玻璃房坐落在隐蔽的悬崖上实验室的后面，俯瞰小夜礼服湖区。另一面是由高高的松树所遮蔽。这些树挡住了爱监视别人隐私的邻居的眼睛。“不止一个出名的客人带着他们的情妇到那里去度‘愉快的周末休假’ ，”据凯舍科沃斯基的第二位夫人艾莱讲，“玻璃房成了举办疯狂舞会的地方，人们都带着自己的女朋友，而聪明地不带妻子去享乐愉快的时光” 。这些年轻人各个仪表堂堂。他们拼命工作，而玩耍各种花样也很疯狂。我推断他们每次都会喝得大醉。”

Not long after the construction was completed in 1938, Loomis fell hopelessly in love with Hobart's twenty-nine-year-old wife, Manette. The Glass House, originally intended as guest quarters for visiting scientists, became their secret hideaway. Over time, it became Loomis' home away from home. Ironically, the house with translucent walls proved ideal for private rendezvous. Tucked away behind the laboratory on a secluded bluff overlooking Tuxedo Lake, and shielded on the other side by tall pines, it was protected from the prying eyes of neighbors. More than one of the lab's eminent guests was known to bring a mistress there for a "naughty weekend," according to Kistiakowsky's second wife, Elaine. "It became quite the place for wild parties, and it was not uncommon for people to bring out their girlfriends and have quite a good time without their wives being any the wiser for it. They were all young, and quite good-looking, and they worked hard and played hard. And I gather they drank like fish."

{To be continued if anyone like to read this story}