"Alastair Reynolds - Signal to Noise" - читать интересную книгу автора (Reynolds Alastair)

thrashing, are you?тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs why IтАЩm here,тАЭ Mick said. тАЬGot to cancel, sorry. Too much on my plate tod

тАЬNaughty.тАЭ

тАЬTed Evans can fill in for me. HeтАЩs got his kit. You know Ted, donтАЩt you?тАЭ

тАЬVaguely.тАЭ Joe set down his sandwich to put the lid back on a felt-tipped pen. He
an amiable Yorkshireman whoтАЩd come down to Cardiff for his postgraduate work and
decided to stay. He was married to an archaeologist named Rachel who spent a lot of
time poking around in the Roman ruins under the walls of Cardiff Castle. тАЬSure I canтАЩt t
your arm? ItтАЩll do you good, you know, bit of a workout.тАЭ

тАЬI know. But there just isnтАЩt time.тАЭ

тАЬYour call. How are things, anyway?тАЭ

Mick shrugged philosophically. тАЬBeen better.тАЭ

тАЬDid you phone Andrea like you said you were going to?тАЭ

тАЬNo.тАЭ

тАЬYou should, you know.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm not very good on the phone. Anyway, I thought she probably needed a bit o
space.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs been three weeks, mate.тАЭ

тАЬI know.тАЭ

тАЬDo you want the wife to call her? It might help.тАЭ

тАЬNo, but thanks for suggesting it anyway.тАЭ

тАЬCall her. Let her know youтАЩre missing her.тАЭ
 тАЬIтАЩll think about it.тАЭ

тАЬYeah, sure. You should stick around, you know. ItтАЩs all go here this morning. We
lock just after seven this morning.тАЭ Joe tapped one of the laptop screens, which was
scrolling rows of black-on-white numbers. тАЬItтАЩs a good one, too.тАЭ

тАЬReally?тАЭ

тАЬCome and have a look at the machine.тАЭ

тАЬI canтАЩt. I need to get back to my office.тАЭ