Джордж Мартин – Starport (страница 6)

DIDN’T HAVE

WINGS!

EXCUSE ME?

YEAH. HE

WASN’T RUNNING

AWAY. THE LITTLE

PISSANT COULD

FLY.

...AS I

SAID.

BUT WE’VE

ALREADY ASSIGNED

HALF A DOZEN MEN

TO THE HOTEL. AND I

CAN’T GIVE EVERY

VISITING DIGNITARY A

FULL DETAIL...

...I

UNDERSTAND,

BUT THAT WAS

THE POPE!

THEN TELL

TOPMAN TO CALL

THE MAYOR AND GET

US APPROVED FOR

MORE OVERTIME!

NO, I DON’T

NEED TO TALK TO

TOPMAN MYSELF.

NO REALLY,

THERE’S...

STAMM!

NO, I WASN’T

TALKING TO YOU,

AND I DON’T KNOW

WHAT THAT MEANS IN

YOUR LANGUAGE.

CAN YOU GIVE ME

A MOMENT,

PLEASE?

EMILE, IF

YOU LIGHT THAT THING,

I SWEAR I’M GOING TO

SHOVE IT RIGHT UP

YOUR–

NO, I’M STILL

HERE. I WAS

SPEAKING TO SOME-

ONE ELSE...YES, AND

TO YOU CHAY’ASH

LENAERHI. A PLEASURE.

THIS IS LIEUTENANT

KELLEHER.

YES, PROFIT

TO YOUR HOUSE,

TOO. YES, OF COURSE

WE UNDERSTAND THE

IMPORTANCE OF

THESE TALKS...

TOPMAN,

WE’LL DO EVERYTHING

IN OUR POWER TO

PROTECT THE TRADE

ENVOY, BUT YOU MUST

UNDERSTAND...