Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 16

           Ididn’texpectyoutotakeoffafterthefirstcluelikeaheatseeker.NordidIexpectyoutolaywasteeverythingthatgotinyourway.IwastoldtheEnvoyCorpshadareputationforsubtlety."

           Putlikethat,hehadapoint.VirginiaVidaurawouldhavebeenfurious,sheprobablywouldhavebeenrightbehindBancroft,waitingtodeckmeforgrosslackoffinesse.Butthen,neithershenorBancrofthadbeenlookingintoVictorElliott’sfacethenighthetoldmeabouthisfamily.IswallowedasharpretortandmarshalledwhatIknew,tryingtodecidehowmuchtoletgoof.

           "Laurens?"

           MiriamBancroftwasstandingjustoutsidetheconservatory,atoweldrapedaroundherneckandherracketunderonearm.

           "Miriam."TherewasagenuinedeferenceinBancroft’stone,butlittleelsethatIcoulddetermine.

           "I’mtakingNalanandJosephouttoHudson’sRaftforascubalunch.Joseph’sneverdoneitbefore,andwe’vetalkedhimintoit."SheglancedfromBancrofttomyselfandback."Willyoubecomingwithus?"

           "Maybelater,"saidBancroft."Wherewillyoube?"

           Miriamshrugged."Ihadn’treallythoughtaboutit.Somewhereonthestarboarddecks.Benton’s,maybe?"

           "Fine.I’llcatchyouup.Spearmeakingfishifyouseeone."

           "Ayeaye."Shetouchedthebladeofonehandtothesideofherheadinaludicroussalutethatmadebothofussmileunexpectedly.

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