"Destroyer - 025 - Sweet Dreams" - читать интересную книгу автора (Murphy Warren)

"Kay Kyser from the College of Musical Knowledge."

"Very good," Margie said, pulling open a loose-leaf folder she had been holding. "Question number one. Are you happy?"

"No," said Remo.

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"I will seriously consider it," Remo said. "Do you have another question."

"Yes, sir. Lots of questions," she said staring at his chest again. "Question number two. Do you lay, I mean, like your friends?"

"What friends?" Remo asked.

"Yes or no," Margie said. "It has to be yes or no, I can't fit 'what friends' into the space."

"Can't you write smaller?"

"It'll come out 'wha fri.' "

"Okay," Remo said. "No."

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"I'll keep it in mind."

Margie was staring at his belly button. "Of course, something could be arranged," she said.

"Question three," Remo said.

"Oh, yes," she said, shaking her head and sending beads of greasy dirt flying. "How do you rape, I mean, rate your love life on a scale of one to ten?"

"None," said Remo. "Minus six. Minus ninety."

"Oh, that's a shame, but nothing that couldn't be remedied by How to Pick up Girls and Score Through Powerology for only $4.95 or letting me come up to your room."

"You're losing your scientific dispassion," Remo said.

"Don't tell me that. I can see rape in your eyes."

"That's because your glasses are dirty," Remo said.

"Look, fella, I'll knock upЕ I mean, off the fifty-cent service charge."

"Not now."

"This is my last offer. I knock off the service charge, throw in a Powerology book of massage and pay for dinner afterwards. What more could you want?"

"Your sudden and complete disappearance," Remo said.