"William Goldman - The Ghost and The Darkness" - читать интересную книгу автора (Goldman William)

They aren't claws at all, they're thorns as sharp as claws and they're
on a twenty-foot high thorn tree.

And there are dozens of those trees, packed together. All mixed in with
other trees, low and stunted, and thick underbrush and baked red rocks-

-now the train begins to slow.

Smoke drifts across.

A bunch of wildebeest scatter off the tracks.

STARLING (over)
Welcome to Tsavo.
(on the word)

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TSAVO.

We have arrived at the train station area and what we see is a place
that is still being built. There are tin shacks; a water tower is under
construction-

-men are working everywhere, for that's what Tsavo is: a place for work.

THE TRAIN goes slower still.

No one stands idly around here.

But no one looks happy either.
ONE MAN is apart from the rest: this is SAMUEL.

An ageless Masai, tall and slender, he has a smile that can light the
world.

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PATTERSON AND STARLING as they step off the train.

STARLING
(indicating Samuel,
who is approaching)
Samuel is camp liaison- absolutely
indispensable- the only man here
everyone trusts.

PATTERSON
(softly)
Does he speak English?