Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           Communismindeed!HehadagoodmindtogetupandtellthesemindlessrobotsthattheSovietUnionwasnothingmorethanamonolithicdictatorshipthathadneverturnedpowerovertothepeople.Capitalismwasthesystemthathadbroughtfreedomofconscienceandopportunitytopeopleallovertheworldinawaythatcommunismcouldneverhopeto.SoinconsistentwastheYugoslavianthathewouldrobbanks,liveoffthefruitsofnarcoticstrafficandyetconvincehimselfthathewasinvolvedintheliberationofthepeople.

           Arthurstoodup,gavetheentireassemblyawitheringglanceand,inaneven,unemotionaltone,said,"Balderdash."Theothersturnedandstaredinastonishmentasheleft.

           Hefoundthecarandsatthereforafewmoments.Hehatedtodriveontheright-handsideoftheroad.Buttryashemight,hecouldn’treachanyonetocomeandtakethecar."Damnthesedamnablemix-uptimes!"hesaid.Slowlyheeasedhimselfbehindthewheel,andcraninghisnecktoseethecenterline,hepulledawayfromthecurb.Hedrovetenselyattwentymilesanhour.Arthurcheckedthestreetsigns,anditoccurredtohimthatSunburyRoadmightbeintheneighborhoodoftheHooverReservoir.Hepulledovertothecurb,tookoutthehighwaymapandplottedthecoordinates.Hewasindeednearthedamhehadbeenintendingtovisitforalongtime.

           HehadheardthateversincetheArmyCorpsofEngineershadbuiltthedam,thesludgehadaccumulatedagainstthestructure.