"Walter Jon Williams - The Crown Jewels" - читать интересную книгу автора (Williams Walter John)

"Miss Jensen, if all is as you say, my fee would be at
least sixty. More if the job is difficult."

14 / WALTER JON WILLIAMS

"Do you doubt my information?11
"Your information may not be up to date."
"Your price is ... high, Maijstral."
"You aren't allowing me media rights. If you change
your mind, the price will go down."
"Sorry. I'm Firm on that point."
"Then I'm firm on my price. My apologies, miss."

"I saw that fight of yours. Damn bad business."
"Yes, General. Unfortunately my boot slipped."
"Hah. You're a liar, or perhaps an idiot. She dropped a
foot on your instep, you lost your concentration, she caught
your blade in forte and you were done for. A midshipman
could have done better."

"Siri"

"Don't play the outraged man of action with me. 1 may
be past retirement, but I know better than to fall for tricks
like that. I'd cut you to ribbons."

"Maijstral."

"Countess." There was a distressing wail in his nerves,
a tendency in his limbs to tremble and betray his resolu-
tion. It is not pleasant to discover that a childhood ogre
still has teeth, still possesses the ability to quicken the
pulse, tighten the diaphragm, weaken the knees.

"Allow me to express my thanks for the kind note on

my father's death."


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"He was the worthy son of a great man. You could do
no better than to emulate him." She spoke in High Khosali,

her pronunciation impeccable.

Maijstral drew his ears back into the High Custom
expression of qualified agreement. (High Custom demands