The two timelines were parallel and the parallel was the structure and the structure was the story and the story was the timeline and the timeline was the reference frame and the frame was the perspective and the perspective was the truth and the truth was the relativistic truth and the truth was that both timelines were correct in their own frame and the correctness was the Doppler shift and the shift was the change and the change was the movement and the movement was the relative velocity and the velocity was the difference between the two frames and the difference was the story and the story was the grandmother and the granddaughter and the granddaughter was in 1975 and the grandmother was in 1925 and the two were the same street and the street was London and the London was the same and the sameness was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied and the multiplying had been the preserving and the preserving had been the multiplying and the multiplying and the preserving had been the reference frame and the frame had been the two timelines and the timelines had been parallel and the parallel had been the crossing and the crossing had been the story and the story had been the truth and the truth had been both right and the right had been the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

1925: Violet Harrington was twenty-four years old and she lived at 47 Cromwell Road in a third-floor flat that smelled of lavender water and boiled cabbage and the cabbage was from the evening before and the before was the yesterday and the yesterday was the week and the week was the autumn and the autumn was the 1925 and the 1925 was the year and the year was the reference frame and the frame was Violet's London and the London was the city and the city was the street and the street was Cromwell Road and the Road was the number and the number was 47 and the 47 was the door and the door was the entrance and the entrance was the threshold and the threshold was the boundary and the boundary was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

Violet worked at a factory in Woolwich and the working was the eight hours and the hours were six in the morning to two in the afternoon and the two was the end and the end was the departure and the departure was the walking and the walking was the Cromwell Road and the Road was the street and the street was the world and the world was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. She worked in a textile factory and the working was the weaving and the weaving was the cloth and the cloth was the product and the product was the money and the money was the survival and the survival was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. She lived with her mother, a woman named Agnes who was fifty-two and who had been a weaver before Violet and the before was the time and the time was the line and the line was the timeline and the timeline was the reference frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

Violet had a boyfriend named Thomas who was twenty-six and who worked at the docks and the docking was his labor and the labor was his body and the body was his being and the being was the self and the self was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. Thomas and Violet walked home together on Fridays and the walking was the time and the time was the evening and the evening was the light and the light was the street lamps and the lamps were the gas and the gas was the city and the city was London and the London was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. Thomas said things like: We should get married. And Violet said things like: Not yet. And the not yet was the delay and the delay was the time and the time was the line and the line was the timeline and the timeline was the reference frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

1975: Margaret Walsh was fifty-six years old and she lived at 47 Cromwell Road in a third-floor flat that smelled of lavender polish and fried fish and the fish was from the dinner and the dinner was the evening and the evening was the Friday and the Friday was the week and the week was the spring and the spring was the 1975 and the 1975 was the year and the year was the reference frame and the frame was Margaret's London and the London was the city and the city was the street and the street was Cromwell Road and the Road was the number and the number was 47 and the 47 was the door and the door was the entrance and the entrance was the threshold and the threshold was the boundary and the boundary was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

Margaret worked at a supermarket in Hammersmith and the working was the six hours and the hours were nine to three and the three was the end and the end was the departure and the departure was the walking and the walking was the Cromwell Road and the Road was the street and the street was the world and the world was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. She lived alone and the alone was the widowhood and the widowhood was the Peter and the Peter was the husband and the husband was the dead and the dead was the cancer and the cancer was the 1972 and the 1972 was the three years before and the before was the time and the time was the line and the line was the timeline and the timeline was the reference frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

Margaret had a daughter named Claire who was twenty-eight and who worked at a bank in the City and the banking was the job and the job was the life and the life was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. Claire and Margaret spoke on Sundays and the speaking was the phone and the phone was the sound and the sound was the voice and the voice was the daughter and the daughter was the Claire and the Claire was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. Claire said things like: Mum, you should come live with me. And Margaret said things like: Not yet. And the not yet was the delay and the delay was the time and the time was the line and the line was the timeline and the timeline was the reference frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

The two timelines were parallel and the parallel was the street and the street was 47 Cromwell Road and the Road was the number and the number was the door and the door was the threshold and the threshold was the boundary and the boundary was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. The door was the same and the stairs were the same and the third floor was the same and the window was the same and the view was different and the difference was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the relativistic truth and the truth was that both timelines were correct in their own frame and the correctness was the Doppler shift and the shift was the change and the change was the movement and the movement was the relative velocity and the velocity was the difference between the two frames and the difference was the story and the story was the grandmother and the granddaughter and the granddaughter was in 1975 and the grandmother was in 1925 and the two were the same street and the street was London and the London was the same and the sameness was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

The crossing happened on a Friday in both timelines. In 1925, Violet and Thomas walked home from the pictures and the pictures had been a Charlie Chaplin film and the Chaplin had been the laughter and the laughter had been the evening and the evening had been the dark and the dark had been the street and the street had been the lamps and the lamps had been the gas and the gas had been the city and the city had been London and the London had been the frame and the frame had been the truth and the truth had been the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. Thomas said: Violet, I have been thinking. We have been together two years. Two years is a long time. I think we should get married. And Violet said: Thomas, I love you. And the love was the truth and the truth was the frame and the frame was the 1925 and the 1925 was the reference and the reference was the perspective and the perspective was the grandmother and the grandmother was Violet and the Violet was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. And Violet said: But not yet. Not yet, Thomas. I need to finish my apprenticeship. I need to be able to support us on my own wage. Two years is not enough. Thomas said: You can support us. I work at the docks. The docks pay well. And Violet said: I know. But I want to be able to choose. And the choosing was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the relativistic truth and the truth was that in 1925 Violet's frame, not yet meant never and the never was the end and the end was the death and the death was the TB and the TB was the spring of 1926 and the spring was the time and the time was the line and the line was the timeline and the timeline was the reference frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

In 1975, Margaret walked home from the shops and the shops had been Sainsbury's and the Sainsbury's had been the tinned meat and the meat had been the dinner and the dinner had been the fish and the fish had been the chips and the chips had been the Friday and the Friday had been the week and the week had been the spring and the spring had been the 1975 and the 1975 had been the year and the year had been the reference frame and the frame had been the truth and the truth had been the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. Claire called on Sunday and the calling was the phone and the phone was the sound and the sound was the voice and the voice was the daughter and the daughter was the Claire and the Claire was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. Claire said: Mum, I have been thinking. We have not been together properly in six months. Six months is a long time. I think you should come live with me. And Margaret said: Claire, I love you. And the love was the truth and the truth was the frame and the frame was the 1975 and the 1975 was the reference and the reference was the perspective and the perspective was the granddaughter and the granddaughter was Margaret and the Margaret was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied. And Margaret said: But not yet. Not yet, Claire. I have lived at 47 for fifty-one years. Fifty-one years is a long time. Claire said: You can come. I have a spare room. And Margaret said: I know. But I want to be able to choose. And the choosing was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the relativistic truth and the truth was that in 1975 Margaret's frame, not yet meant never and the never was the end and the end was the hospital and the hospital was the winter of 1976 and the winter was the time and the time was the line and the line was the timeline and the timeline was the reference frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

Both timelines were right in their own reference frame. Both not yets were not yets. Both not yets were nevers. Both nevers were the truth. Both truths were correct. Both corrects were the relativistic truth and the truth was that both timelines were correct in their own frame and the correctness was the Doppler shift and the shift was the change and the change was the movement and the movement was the relative velocity and the velocity was the difference between the two frames and the difference was the story and the story was the grandmother and the granddaughter and the granddaughter was in 1975 and the grandmother was in 1925 and the two were the same street and the street was London and the London was the same and the sameness was the frame and the frame was the truth and the truth was the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied and the multiplying had been the preserving and the preserving had been the multiplying and the multiplying and the preserving had been the reference frame and the frame had been the two timelines and the timelines had been parallel and the parallel had been the crossing and the crossing had been the story and the story had been the truth and the truth had been both right and the right had been the inheritance and the inheritance had been a man who had built a loom that built looms that built looms that built looms and the looms had multiplied and the multiplication had become the frame and the frame had become the two timelines and the timelines had become parallel and the parallel had been the crossing and the crossing had been the grandmother and the granddaughter and the granddaughter had been 1975 and the grandmother had been 1925 and the two had been the same street and the street had been London and the London had been the same and the sameness had been the frame and the frame had been the truth and the truth had been the inheritance and the inheritance had been preserved and multiplied.

Preserve. Multiply. Relativize.