"Terry Dowling - La Profonde" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dowling Terry)

тАЬI am,тАЭ Jay answered. тАЬTen more paces and IтАЩll show you something
really interesting. Here we go: six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Look over there
now! Where that stanchion meets the embankment. Near that pile of earth.тАЭ

тАЬWhat? What am I looking at?тАЭ

тАЬYou donтАЩt see it?тАЭ

тАЬSee what?тАЭ

тАЬTo the left of the stanchion. That shimmer of light on the soil. See the
light near the top? ItтАЩs a hot-spot. Unfinished, but whatтАЩs called a double.тАЭ

тАЬJay, itтАЩs a hot day. Of course thereтАЩs going to be heat shimmer.тАЭ

тАЬNot this. This is different. ItтАЩs a double.тАЭ

Derwent would have that look in his eyes again. тАЬOkay. Then it must
be something you can see.тАЭ

тАЬGuess so.тАЭ

тАЬWalking those tracks back then, you probably learned to notice lots
of things other people donтАЩt.тАЭ

тАЬQuite likely.тАЭ Jay almost made it sound sad the way he said it.

Derwent reacted to the tone. He had to be figuring that every step
took them closer to Greenwood. тАЬWhat about the other kids you played with
back then? Did any of them see these - these doubles?тАЭ

тАЬSometimes. Not often. Jenny Attard did for a while. Jeff Callan did a
few times, but we disagreed over details. We both wanted to name them,
but we always disagreed over the names.тАЭ

тАЬAre there that many?тАЭ Derwent seemed genuinely interested, though
doubtless he figured this was the best way to play it. Either way, they were
on the same page of the script.

тАЬYouтАЩd be surprised. You see them more easily as kids. If you work at
it, you keep the skill.тАЭ
 тАЬDoes this other kid - Jeff? - does he still have the skill?тАЭ

тАЬCanтАЩt say. HavenтАЩt seen Jeff since we were kids. Guess you lose it if
you donтАЩt keep at it. I put in a lot of time. Only stands to reason that IтАЩve kept
the knack.тАЭ

Derwent didnтАЩt overdo it, didnтАЩt say something like: тАЬThereтАЩs more to
you than we ever knew, JayтАЭ, or тАЬIf only weтАЩd knownтАжтАЭ He kept it simple,