 That very day, in this third iteration of the timeline, Murdoch and Lee go out shopping in Kingussie, and a certain young woman named Anne trips over Sir Charles's kitten...This is the origin of the story's title, "Thrice Upon A Time".Greg Costikyan reviewed "Thrice Upon a Time" in "Ares Magazine" #3 and commented that ""Thrice Upon a Time" for its faults is still a book rich in ideas."