Нейромант
Chapter 14
’HetookagoldDunhillfromthesamepocketandcradleditinhispalm.`ThemanyoucallArmitageisalreadyincustody.’
`Corto?’
Theman’seyeswidened.`Yes.Howdoyouknowthatthatishisname?’Amillimeterofflameclickedfromthelighter.
`Iforget,’Casesaid.
`You’llremember,’thegirlsaid.
Theirnames,orworknames,wereMichle,Roland,andPierre.Pierre,Casedecided,wouldplaytheBadCop,RolandwouldtakeCase’sside,providesmallkindnesses-hefoundanunopenedpackofYeheyuanswhenCaserefusedaGitane-andgenerallyplaycounterpointtoPierre’scoldhostility.MichlewouldbetheRecordingAngel,makingoccasionaladjustmentsinthedirectionoftheinterrogation.Oneorallofthem,hewascertain,wouldbekinkedforaudio,verylikelyforsimstim,andanythinghesaidordidnowwasadmissibleevidence.Evidence,heaskedhimself,throughthegrindingcome-down,ofwhat?
Knowingthathecouldn’tfollowtheirFrench,theyspokefreelyamongthemselves.Orseemedto.Hecaughtenoughasitwas:nameslikePauley,Armitage,Sense/Net,PantherModernsprotrudinglikeicebergsfromananimatedseaofParisianFrench.Butitwasentirelypossiblethatthenameswerethereforhisbenefit.TheyalwaysreferredtoMollyasKolodny.
`Yousayyouwerehiredtomakearun,Case,’Rolandsaid,hisslowspeechintendedtoconveyreasonableness,`andthatyouareunawareofthenatureofthetarget.