We’re going,” he said excitedly, and shivered with energy.

“Where? How?” said Arthur.

“I don’t know,” said Ford, “but I just feel that the time is right.
Things are going to happen. We’re on our way.”

He lowered his voice to a whisper. “I have detected,” he said, “disturbances in the wash.”

LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING, Chapter 2 – by Douglas Adams