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

kept the focus on more immediate things.

тАЬThat was a double back there, you said. Okay, tell me some other
names.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll point them out as we come to them. ThereтАЩs a clearback up on the
embankment, but itтАЩs very faint and the grass is hiding it.тАЭ

Derwent looked to where Jay was pointing, even removed his
sunglasses to squint through the heat. тАЬA clearback. Okay. CanтАЩt see
anything.тАЭ He replaced his Raybans.

тАЬYou wonтАЩt. I barely can. Clearbacks are common, but they come and
go. There should be another one soon.тАЭ

тАЬIs there a particular one IтАЩll be able to see, do you think?тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs what IтАЩm hoping to show you before we reach Greenwood. If
itтАЩs there. Sometimes they come and go. ThatтАЩs why IтАЩm counting. This
oneтАЩs called a profonde and itтАЩs a bit of a test really. If you can see it and
describe it to me, IтАЩll forget the whole Edilo business.тАЭ

тАЬBut, Jay, you said it yourself. Most people donтАЩt have the skill.тАЭ

тАЬTurn back any time you like, Dee. No-oneтАЩs forcing you. I tell you
when weтАЩre near a profonde. You try to see it and describe it to me. ThatтАЩs
the deal.тАЭ

Derwent stopped walking, put his hands on his hips. тАЬI have to
describe something that no-one else can see but you! That I only have your
word exists in the first place! YouтАЩre crazy!тАЭ

Jay didnтАЩt stop. тАЬYou should be able to manage it. ItтАЩs one of the more
noticeable ones.тАЭ
 Derwent started walking again. тАЬOh, fine, Jay! Just one of the more
noticeable among invisible things! Great!тАЭ

тАЬGreenwood is about ten minutes around that next bend. YouтАЩll just
have to master the skill. If itтАЩs any help, thereтАЩs a rather special servante
over there to the left of that bush. Nowhere near as common. ThereтАЩs a
prime antesammis near that fence there.тАЭ

тАЬYou know, I was just going to say that, Jay. Yessir. ThatтАЩs a prime
antipasto over there, whatever!тАЭ

Jay ignored the barb, just breathed in the smells of hot steel tracks,
the dry grass and the heated eucalypts beyond the embankments. тАЬThereтАЩs
usually at least one profonde before we reach Greenwood.тАЭ

тАЬAnd you reckon IтАЩll see it.тАЭ