Человек в высоком замке

           Anewuseforthebigtoe;see,onecanadaptthejointforaquick-actingcigarettelightermechanism.Now,ifonlyHerrKruppcanproduceitinquantity…

           Ithorrifiedhim,thisthought:theancientgiganticcannibalnear-manflourishingnow,rulingtheworldoncemore.Wespentamillionyearsescapinghim,Frinkthought,andnowhe’sback.Andnotmerelyastheadversary…butasthemaster.

           "…wecandeplore,"theradio,thevoiceofthelittleyellow-belliesfromTokyowassaying.God,Frinkthought;andwecalledthemmonkeys,thesecivilizedbandy-leggedshrimpswhowouldnomoresetupgasovensthantheywouldmelttheirwivesintosealingwax."…andwehavedeploredofteninthepastthedreadfulwasteofhumansinthisfanaticalstrivingwhichsetsthebroadermassofmenwhollyoutsidethelegalcommunity."They,theJaps,weresostrongonlaw."…ToquoteaWesternsaintfamiliartoall:‘Whatprofititamanifhegainthewholeworldbutinthisenterpriselosehissoul?’"Theradiopaused.Frink,tyinghistie,alsopaused.Itwasthemorningablution.

           Ihavetomakemypactwiththemhere,herealized.Black-listedornot;it’dbedeathformeifIleftJapanese-controlledlandandshowedupintheSouthorinEurope—anywhereintheReich.

           I’llhavetocometotermswitholdWyndam-Matson.

           Seatedonhisbed,acupoflukewarmteabesidehim,FrinkgotdownhiscopyoftheIChing.Fromtheirleathertubehetooktheforty-nineyarrowstalks.