Человек в высоком замке

           Unfortunately,however—

           Still,ithadtakentwohundredyearstodisposeoftheAmericanaborigines,andGermanyhadalmostdoneitinAfricainfifteenyears.Sonocriticismwaslegitimatelyinorder.Childanhad,infact,argueditoutrecentlywhilehavinglunchwithcertainofthoseothermerchants.Theyexpectedmiracles,evidently,asiftheNaziscouldremoldtheworldbymagic.No,itwasscienceandtechnologyandthatfabuloustalentforhardwork;theGermansneverstoppedapplyingthemselves.Andwhentheydidatask,theydiditright.

           Andanyhow,theflightstoMarshaddistractedworldattentionfromthedifficultyinAfrica.Soitallcamebacktowhathehadtoldhisfellowstoreowners;whattheNazishavewhichwelackis—nobility.Admirethemfortheirloveofworkortheirefficiency…butit’sthedreamthatstirsone.Spaceflightsfirsttothemoon,thentoMars;ifthatisn’ttheoldestyearningofmankind,ourfinesthopeforglory.Now,theJapaneseontheotherhand.Iknowthemprettywell;Idobusinesswiththem,afterall,dayinanddayout.Theyare—let’sfaceit—Orientals.Yellowpeople.Wewhiteshavetobowtothembecausetheyholdthepower.ButwewatchGermany;weseewhatcanbedonewherewhiteshaveconquered,andit’squitedifferent.

           "WeapproachtheNipponTimesBuilding,sir,"thechinksaid,hischestheavingfromtheexertionofthehillclimbing.Heslowed,now.

           Tohimself,ChildantriedtopictureMr.Tagomi’sclient.Clearlythemanwasunusuallyimportant;Mr.