"Ron Goulart - Memoirs of the Witch Queen" - читать интересную книгу автора (Goulart Ron)

тАЬHe wasnтАЩt. ThatтАЩs whatтАЩs so odd, you know,тАЭ she said. тАЬHe only
bought the motorcycle early yesterday afternoon. HeтАЩd never owned one
before.тАЭ

тАЬSad,тАЭ observed Sanson, not meaning it. тАЬSo youтАЩve taken over his
task of calling me at odd hours to demand that I pay sums which IтАФтАЭ

тАЬNo, Paul, that isnтАЩt the reason I called.тАЭ Her voice brightened. тАЬIt turns
out you were right about having made those arrears payments.тАЭ

тАЬI was? I mean, I was, yes.тАЭ

тАЬIn fact, you have no back balance at all and you can start using your
card again immediately. Your new credit line is fifty thousand dollars.тАЭ

тАЬBeg pardon?тАЭ

тАЬFifty thousand dollars,тАЭ Amy repeated. тАЬAnd since youтАЩre on our
Especially Valued Customers list, Paul, you donтАЩt have to make any
payments for eighteen months.тАЭ

Making a puzzled noise, he said, тАЬWell, thatтАЩs ... nice,тАЭ and ended the
call.

He walked barefoot over to the living room window, gazed out into the
patch of woodlands that surrounded his cottage. A light rain was falling.
тАЬHow did I get from deadbeat to Especially Valued?тАЭ

He was eating bran flakes and scanning the front page of the New
Beckford News-Pilot when the phone rang again.

Sanson returned to the living room. тАЬHello?тАЭ

тАЬHey, dude. Did I wake you up?тАЭ

тАЬNo such luck, Rudy. WhatтАЩs wrong now?тАЭ
 тАЬDeadline,тАЭ said his youthful editor in far-off Manhattan. тАЬDoes that
word have any meaning for you?тАЭ

тАЬGreensea Publishing hired me to polish Inza WarburtonтАЩs memoirs,
not write them,тАЭ he reminded Rudy Korkin. тАЬIтАЩve faxed you folks my
revisions of every page sheтАЩs given me thus far.тАЭ

тАЬWhen we hired you for such an outrageous fee, we assumed youтАЩd
be able to speed her up andтАФтАЭ

тАЬFifteen thousand dollars is not an outrageous fee. ItтАЩs actually on the
modest side. The fellows who used to mow my lawn earn more than that
inтАФтАЭ