Book spoilers

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It ends with the mice trying to buy Arthur's brain. It goes something like this.

Arthur: "You can't have my brain, I'd miss it."

Mice: "It's ok we'll give you a new electronic one, a simple one should suffice"

Arthur: "a simple one?"

Zaphod: "We'd program it to say "What?" and "where's the tea?" Who would notice the differance?"

Arthur: "I would!"

Zaphod: "No you wouldn't, you'd be programed not too."

Then Arthur smacks the mice.


They run to get back to the Heart of Gold and run into two cops who corner them and keep shooting.

The cops are wearing self contained suits. After an exchange of words the cops start fireing again and suddenly thier heads explode.

The crew move onto the surface the regroup with Marvin who is standing net to the cop's ship, which is smoldering from blowing up like the cops.

They asked Marvin what happened and Marvin told them he just wanted somebody to talk to so he plugged himself into the cops ship.

After talking to Marvin the cop's ship commits suicide.

They make way back to the heart of gold and escape.