"Andre Norton - Cat's eye" - читать интересную книгу автора (Norton Andre)

enmity could tip the scales of an uneasy balance of
power. Suk Sark was only one of the "powers" who, for
one reason or another, made Korwar their residence,
apart from their official headquarters.

"You have a family in the Dipple?" Kyger's abrupt
question broke Troy's line of thought.

"No, Merchant."

"Would you take contract, for a limit of time?"

"With you. Merchant?"

"With me. Zul will be of little use for a while. I will
need an extra pair of hands in his place. Who knows?"


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Kyger glanced at him and then away. "It may lead to
something better, Dippleman."

"I will take contract, Merchant." Troy schooled his
voice, hoping his elation was not too apparent. Somehow
he did not wish this spacer-tumed-merchant to know
just how much that offer meant to him.

They lifted from the square of the crash and took
the straightest line to the court at the rear of the
shop. Troy was told to load the two crates on a runner
and put them in the storeroom. Kyger himself remained
by the curtained cage once he had returned the
accommodation flitter on auto-control to the rental
station. So far he made no move to open the cage, and
Troy's desire to see what was inside grew.

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"Shall I take this also, Merchant?" Troy asked as he
returned and brought the runner to a halt beside the
cage.

Kyger turned on him once more the searching stare
with which he had measured him at their first meeting
that morning. Then the shop owner pulled at some