"Nancy Kress - The Rules" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kress Nancy)

So many people, so many cameras ... Nakmu had never seen so many
visitors, nor could it support so many. With them came litter and waste and
confusion and intrusion ... and money.

Ashamed of her ungrateful thoughts, Sister H├йl├йne-Marie struggled to
her feet and forced a smile. These strangers in their desert suits and
Netspecs were also GodтАЩs children.

тАЬJust a few quick shots, Sister, just go right back to praying....тАЭ

The hot dry wind from the desert, which had been fertile grassland
when Sister H├йl├йne-Marie had come to this part of Kenya, blew through the
open chapel door. The omnipresent dust swirled over her trousers, into her
eyes. But obediently she knelt once more. This, too, must be part of GodтАЩs
plan.
 тАЬSister, do you think you could cry from joy? Arnie, move that light
over there....тАЭ

Sister H├йl├йne-Marie prayed for patience.

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тАЬWhat are you really after?тАЭ Carmody repeated.

Tartell said, тАЬMaybe those broadcastsтАФwhoeverтАЩs they areтАФare just
trying to help people find their souls.тАЭ

тАЬBullshit.тАЭ

тАЬI hear,тАЭ Tartell wheezed, his sunken blue eyes sly, тАЬthat 312
American families have offered to adopt Saya.тАЭ

Carmody said dryly, тАЬPeople can get a little hysterical when admiring
their own compassion. But weтАЩre finding it a bit hard to believe youтАЩre
expending your fortune, plus the technological breakthrough of the century,
merely to get a handful of third-world orphans into good homes.тАЭ

тАЬWell, you would find that hard to believe, wouldnтАЩt you?тАЭ

тАЬDonтАЩt play games with me, Glenn. TheyтАЩre all desert communities. All
five of them.тАЭ

тАЬMan-made deserts, you mean.тАЭ

тАЬCall them what you will. Do you know how many people have traveled
to Nakmu and the other four villages in the last week? Impossible to check
them all out. News organizations from around the world. Telecom
companies. Government security agencies. None of them care about the
villagesтАФthey care about how you did it.тАЭ