"08 - Disaster (b)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Hubbard L. Ron)

Hisst, Lombar Ч Head of the Apparatus; his plan to overthrow the Voltar Confederacy required sending Gris to sabotage Jettero Heller's mission.
Hot Jolt Ч A popular Voltarian drink.
Inkswitch Ч Phony name used by Gris when in the U.S. tending to be a federal official.
Invasion Timetable Ч A schedule of galactic conquest; the plans and budget of every section of Voltar must adhere to it. Bequeathed by Voltar's ancestors hundreds of thousands of years ago, it is inviolate and sacred and the guiding dogma of the Confederacy.
Joy Ч See Krak.
Karagoz Ч Old Turkish peasant, head of Gris' house in Afyon, Turkey. Husband of Melahat.
Krak, Countess Ч Condemned murderess, prisoner of Spiteos and sweetheart of Jettero Heller. On Earth, she is known as Heavenly Joy Krackle or "Miss Joy."
Knife SectionЧSection of the Apparatus named after its favorite weapon.
Madison, J. WalterЧFired from F.F.B.O. when his style of public relations caused the president of Patagonia to commit suicide, he was rehired by Bury to immortalize Jettero Heller in the media. He is also known as "J. Warbler Madman."
MancoЧHome planet of Jettero Heller and Krak.
Manco DevilЧMythological spirit native to Manco.
MaysabongoЧJettero Heller was made a representative of this small African nation. Izzy Epstein made some of Heller's businesses Maysabongo corporations.
MelahatЧGris' s Turkish housekeeper in Afyon. Wife of Karagoz. Mister CalicoЧA calico cat that was trained by Krak.
Mortiiy, PrinceЧLeader of a rebel group on the planet Calabar.
MusefЧA Turkish wrestling champ, working as a houseguard for Gris.
Narcotici, Faustino "The Noose"ЧHead of a Mafia family that is the outlet for drugs from I. G. Barben and seeks to take over the territory of the Corleone family.
Octopus OilЧRockecenter company that controls the world's petroleum.
Pinch, MissЧLesbian-sadist ex-Rockecenter employee who blackmailed Gris with a bigamous marriage and with trick photos of Gris with Teenie.
RahtЧAn Apparatus agent on Earth who was assigned by Hisst to help Gris sabotage Jettero Heller's mission; his partner Terb was murdered.
Rockecenter, Delbert JohnЧNative of Earth who controls the planet's fuel, finance, governments and drugs.
Simmons, MissЧAn antinuclear fanatic.
SnelzЧPlatoon commander at Spiteos who befriended Heller and Krak when they were prisoners there.
SpiЧWhen Gris was made a Rockecenter family spy, his chest was tattooed by Miss Peace, Rockecenter's secretary, who could not spell. Gris thought "spi" was a special Rockecenter spelling and thus "spi" is the spelling Gris uses.
SpiteosЧOn Voltar, the secret fortress prison of the Apparatus.
Stabb, CaptainЧLeader of the Antimancos at the Afyon base.
Sultan BeyЧThe Turkish name Gris assumes in Afyon, Turkey.
Swindle and CrouchЧLaw firm representing Rockecenter.
TerbЧMurdered partner of Raht.
TeenieЧTeenager who kept seducing Gris.
TersЧTurkish driver for Gris.
Time-sightЧVoltarian navigational aid used on faster-than-light ships to spot obstructions in the future and thus change the present course to avoid them.
TorgutЧA Turkish wrestling champ, working as a houseguard for Gris.
TwoeyЧNickname given to Delbert John Rockecenter II.
Twiddle, SenatorЧUnited States congressman and supporter of Rockecenter.
UtancЧA belly dancer that Gris bought to be his concubine slave.
ViewerЧSee Bugging Gear.
VoltarЧHome planet and seat of the 110-world confederacy that was established over 125,000 years ago. Voltar is ruled by the Emperor through the Grand Council in accordance with the Invasion Timetable.
Will-be WasЧThe feared time drive that allowed Heller to cover the 22 1/2-light-year distance between Earth and Voltar in a little over three days.
Wister, Jerome TerranceЧName that Jettero Heller is using on Earth.

PART SIXTY-TWO

To My Lord Turn, Justiciary of the Royal Courts and Prison,
Government City, Planet Voltar, Voltar Confederacy

Your Lordship, Sir!

I, Soltan Gris, Grade XI General Services Officer, former Secondary Executive of the Coordinated Information Apparatus, Voltar Confederacy (All Hail His Royal Majesty Cling the Lofty and All of His Empire), am now forwarding the eighth and final part of my confession.
I will now be able to relate how it was that I came to be in your fine prison. Your Lordship may have been shocked to learn that Fleet Officer Jettero Heller was killed at that roadhouse in Connecticut. Yes, I ordered Agent Raht to kill him, but it was still Heller's fault. After all, he was the one who bought that desolated roadhouse where the Mafia once smuggled illegal liquor, who had befriended the old blind woman and who had posed as a "whitey engineer" for the Maysabongo delegation. He was the one who had hired those two deputy sheriffs and made them "Maysabongo marines."
My reaction at the time was a strange sort of numbness. I had planned, plotted and dreamed of Heller's death for months and I should have been elated. But I wasn't, for some reason.