"Edmond Hamilton - Pardon My Nerves" - читать интересную книгу автора (Hamilton Edmond)

She looked up, then, and her jaw fell were saying Mr. Grag ?тАЭ
and she gulped. I had forgotten that to тАЬIt's my subconscious,тАЭ I told him. тАЬI
anyone unused to me the sudden entrance think I've got complexes.тАЭ
of a colossal metal man would be a little He put his spectacles on and stared at
upsetting. me. He gulped and then he said, тАЬHuh ?тАЭ
I turned my photo-electric eyes тАЬComplexes. I get fits of depression.
reassuringly upon her and told her, тАЬYes, I I'm afraid of what they'll lead to. A person
want to see Doctor Perker as soon as I can. has to be careful of the mind.тАЭ
My name is Grag.тАЭ The doctor had sat down suddenly, in
She shrank away a little. тАЬDo you mind his chair. He swallowed a couple of times
repeating the name ?тАЭ and then said, тАЬGrag ? Then you're that
I did and she said shakily, тАЬIf you could Futureman, the robot whoтАФтАЭ
come back next week ?тАЭ тАЬI don't like people calling me a robot,тАЭ
тАЬNo, IтАЩll wait,тАЭ I said. I said indignantly.
I went over to a corner and stood there, A glass chandelier shivered and fell and
feeling a little depressed and worried about Doctor Perker hastily turned his hearing-
the coming interview. aid farther down.
The people who had been waiting to see тАЬPlease, please, not so loud,тАЭ he
the psychoanalyst were all staring at me. whispered. тАЬThe plaster will be next and
They certainly didn't look wellтАФthey were they're very particular in this building.тАЭ
all pale and trembling and when I тАЬI'm sorry,тАЭ I apologized. тАЬMy
swivelled my head around to look at them loudspeaker voice is pretty strong.тАЭ
one of them uttered a cry and the others тАЬAbout your complexes,тАЭ he said
jumped. huskily. тАЬPerhaps, Mr. Grag, rather than a
One by one they got up and slunk out of psychoanalyst a good mechanicтАФтАЭ
the office. Presently a patient came from тАЬNo !тАЭ I told him. тАЬI've got a human
the inner office. He looked at me and then mind, and I need a human psychologist to
he too went hastily out. help me. After all, I don't want to go on
тАЬDoctor Perker will see you now, Mr. until I'm crazy.тАЭ
Grag,тАЭ the girl murmured. тАЬNo indeed,тАЭ he gulped. тАЬA crazy roтАФ
erтАФperson like you is awful to think



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about. WeтАЩll see what we can do for you, тАЬWell,тАЭ I said, тАЬI remember that when I
Mr. Grag.тАЭ was just a young robot, only a few weeks
He still seemed pretty shaky and old, I put some uranium into my fuel-
uncertain but he came up to me. тАЬIn chamber instead of copper to see what
matters like this physical condition is would happen.тАЭ
important,тАЭ he said. тАЬTell me, do you eat тАЬWhat happened ?тАЭ he asked eagerly.
well ?тАЭ тАЬMy overload fuses blew out,тАЭ I told
тАЬTo tell the truth, doctor, my appetite him. тАЬSimon fixed them and warned me
has fallen off lately,тАЭ I admitted. тАЬI never to take anything but copper in the
consume only two-thirds as much copper future.тАЭ
as I used to.тАЭ Doctor Perker looked baffled. He was
He goggled at me. тАЬCopper ?тАЭ obviously puzzled by the complexity of my
тАЬOf courseтАФI take copper to keep my problem.
atomic generators going,тАЭ I said тАЬAnd when Otho was made,тАЭ I
impatiently, tapping the little fuel-plate in continued, тАЬI tried to be like a big brother