I'm currently reading The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories and in The
Ballad of lost C'mell (which is from 1962) it says
"only forty-two people in the universe could read Ancient English, and he
was one of them"
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Kind Regards,
Nikitta.
"Ah! Let that be a lesson to me to guide me in my further life: When you
are travelling backwards in time on a website, always remember to click
the duck on the right!" Kaare Fiedler Christiansen, afdaniain.