"Barry B. Longyear - Murder in Parliment Street" - читать интересную книгу автора (Longyear Barry)

You have red fiber up there?тАЭ

тАЬAll microscopic. The impact pattern on the wall shows the bulk of the
fiber trace considerably off center, though. Between that and the blood
spatter, when the bird hit this wall his bones had already been broken and
had already been bleeding. WhatтАЩs your guess on the fibers?тАЭ

тАЬIt was wrapped around whatever killed this bird.тАЭ

тАЬShad, do these ledge marshals maintain continuous sync while on
duty?тАЭ

тАЬTheir site doesnтАЩt say and no one right now is answering the phone.
Jaggs, did you know this was how they were keeping pigeons from nesting
on building ledges?тАЭ

тАЬI noticed a dozen years ago or so in London when they took down
the pigeon netting from several of the buildings there. I never thought to
question why. Pigeons still seemed the same. Fewer of them, perhaps.
Buildings and walks were remarkably cleaner. Get in touch with Pureledge
Exeter and have them check vitals on their stasis beds. WhatтАЩs on the other
sides of these walls? A computer establishment on the northeast side,
right?тАЭ

тАЬDell Bio & Mech. ItтАЩs an AB tech gift shop. In the building on the
opposite side is Madame FifiтАЩs Feather, Scale, and Fur. SheтАЩs an amdroid
stylist.тАЭ

тАЬThe vic was killed elsewhere, Shad. Why dump the body on
Parliament?тАЭ

тАЬSay, Jaggs, how come thisтАФitтАЩs not wide enough to call an
alleyтАФhow come this particular crack between two buildings is called a
street?тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll have you know, Shad, ExeterтАЩs Parliament Street holds the record
as the narrowest street in the world. As it was explained to me on a tour
when I first came to Exeter, it had to do with some act of Parliament in the
nineteenth century. The burghers on the city council took exception to the
act, but really couldnтАЩt do anything in retaliation except deliver an insult to
the body that passed it. Hence they named the narrowest thoroughfare in
the city Parliament Street. Rather silly, really.тАЭ

тАЬNot at all,тАЭ objected Shad. тАЬI mean, here we are centuries later and
Exeter still has a Parliament Street. That is vendetta-grade grudge.тАЭ ShadтАЩs
mech nodded. тАЬThis town is really beginning to grow on me,тАЭ he said as he
streaked off toward High to release the scene to the FMEs. Despairing for
ShadтАЩs value system, I ascended to the roof, flew grids on each, but found
no cameras, latents, trace, impressions, feathers, scales, nor fur.