Montag, 26. November 2012

'I should like to say something to you

�? 'I should like to say something to you,' said the officer sharply, stopping the watchman in his tracks. 'Like the foreigner, I, too, do not wish to be embarrassed for catching an hour of much needed sleep in a beautiful resting place. Do you enjoy your job?
'Very much, sir. '
'And the opportunity to sell such things as Japanese binoculars turned over to you for safekeeping?'
'Sir?'
'My hearing's acute and your shrill voice is loud. '
'Sir?'
'Say nothing about me and I will say nothing about your unethical activities, which would undoubtedly send you into a field with a pistol put to your head. Your behaviour is reprehensible. '
'I have never seen you, sir! I swear on the spirits in my soul!'
'We in the party reject such thoughts. '
Then on anything you like?
'Open the gate and get out of here. '
'First my bicycle, sir!' The watchman ran to the far edge of the fence, wheeled out his bicycle and unlocked the gate. He swung it back, nodding with relief as he literally threw the new man the ring of keys.9 Kanye West breaks his recent string of Air nike">http://www.2012airjordansale.com/nike-air-max-2012-nike-air-max-2012-women-c-9_11.html">nike air max 2012 women sightings with this pair, the recently released and much celebrated Nike Flyknit Trainer+.. Mounting the saddle of his bicycle, he sped off down the road.
The second guard walked casually through the gate holding his bicycle by the handlebars. 'Can you imagine?' he said to the officer. The son of a Kuomintang warlord taking the place of a feeble-minded peasant who would have served us in the kitchens. '
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Nothing. Then finally something, and when he saw what it was, it simply did not make sense. Or did it? The man on the bicycle with a friction light on the front fender was pedalling up the road as if his life depended on a speed he could not possibly attain. As he drew closer Bourne saw that it was the watchman... on a bicycle.The Air nike">http://www.2012airjordansale.com/nike-air-max-2012-c-9.html">nike air max 2012 IX 'Johnny Kilroy' is a fairly unique one among the bunch, sporting the number 4 embroidery along the back and a 'Kilroy Kicks Butt' message on the inside instead of the team designation found on the rest.czfnk01... and a bicycle had been strapped to the roof of the car that had stopped around the bend. Had it been for the watchman? Of course not; the car would have proceeded to the gate... A second bicycle? A second watchman - arriving on a bicycle? Of course. If what he believed was true, the guard at the gate would be changed, a conspirator put in his place.
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said Hugh

�? "What?" said Hugh. The man looked blank.
"Hallo?" he repeated, rather louder than necessary and so carefully that Hugh could hear the vowels tinkling into place.
"Hallo yourself," Hugh riposted. The stranger smiled widely, fumbled yet again in the pouch. This time his hand came out holding a large gold coin. It was in fact slightly larger than an 8,000-dollar Ankhian crown and the design on it was unfamiliar, but it spoke inside Hugh's mind in a language he understood perfectly. My current owner, it said, is in need of succour and assistance; why not give it to him, so you and me can go off somewhere and enjoy ourselves?
Subtle changes in the beggar's posture made the stranger feel more at ease. He consulted the small book again.
"I wish to be directed to an hotel, tavern, lodging house, inn, hospice, caravanserai," he said.
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"?" said the stranger.
Hugh was aware that a small crowd of fishwives, shellfish diggers and freelance gawpers were watching them with interest.
"Look," he said, "I know a good tavern, is that enough?" He shuddered to think of the gold coin escaping from his life. He'd keep that one, even if Ymor confiscated all the rest. And the big chest that comprised most of the newcomer's luggage looked to be full of gold, Hugh decided. The four-eyed man looked at his book.
"I would like to be directed to an hotel, place of repose, tavern, a-"
"Yes, all right. Come on then," said Hugh hurriedly. He picked up one of the bundles and walked away quickly. The stranger, after a moment's hesitation, strolled after him.
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Something else Hugh saw nearly made him gibber.
The massive wooden chest, which he had last seen resting solidly on the quayside, was following on its master's heels with a gentle rocking gait. Slowly, in case a sudden movement on his part might break his fragile control over his own legs, Hugh bent slightly so that he could see under the chest.
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"Odd," said Ymor.
"He had this big wooden chest," added Cripple Wa.
"He'd have to be a merchant or a spy," said Ymor.
He pulled a scrap of meat from the cutlet in his hand and tossed it into the air. It hadn't reached the zenith of its arc, before a black shape detached itself from the shadows in the corner of the room and swooped down, taking the morsel in mid-air.
"A merchant or a spy," repeated Ymor. "I'd prefer a spy. A spy pays for himself twice, because there's always the reward when we turn him in. What do you think, Withel?"
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