"Bradbury, Ray - The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (ss) v1.0" - читать интересную книгу автора (Bradbury Ray)

"Hold on." Gуmez squinted at Martinez. "Caramba! Where you been all my life! Let's try you! "

Martinez saw his arm seized and taped, his leg measured, his chest encircled.

"Hold still!" cried Gуmez. "Arm - perfect. Leg - chest - perfecto! Now quick, the height! There! Yes! Five foot five! You're in! Shake!" Pumping Martinez's hand, he stopped suddenly. "Wait. You got . . . ten bucks?"

"I have!" Vamenos waved some grimy bills. "Gуmez, measure me!"

"All I got left in the world is nine dollars and ninety-two cents." Martinez searched his pockets. "That's enough for a new suit? Why?"

"Why? Because you got the right skeleton, that's why!"

"Seтor Gуmez, I don't hardly know you-"

"Know me? You're going to live with me! Come on!"

Gуmez vanished into the poolroom. Martinez, escorted by the polite Villanazul, pushed by an eager Vamenos, found himself inside.

"Dominguez!" said Gуmez.

Dominguez, at a wall telephone, winked at them. A woman's voice squeaked on the receiver.

"Manulo!" said Gуmez.

Manulo, a wine bottle tilted bubbling to his mouth, turned.

Gуmez pointed at Martinez.

"At last we found our fifth volunteer!"

Dominguez said, "I got a date, don't bother me-" and stopped. The receiver slipped from his fingers. His little black telephone book full of fine names and numbers went quickly back into his pocket. "Gуmez, you-?"

"Yes, yes! Your money, now! Бndale! "

The woman's voice sizzled on the dangling phone.

Dominguez glanced at it uneasily.

Manulo considered the empty wine bottle in his hand and the liquor-store sign across the street.

Then very reluctantly both men laid ten dollars each on the green velvet pool table.

Villanazul, amazed, did likewise, as did Gуmez, nudging Martinez. Martinez counted out his wrinkled bills and change. Gуmez flourished the money like a royal flush.

"Fifty bucks! The suit costs sixty! All we need is ten bucks!"

"Wait," said Martinez. "Gуmez, are we talking about one suit? Uno? "

"Uno! " Gуmez raised a finger. "One wonderful white ice cream summer suit! White, white as the August moon!"