"Mack Reynolds - After Utopia" - читать интересную книгу автора (Reynolds Mack)

to call it, and force me to take the steps that resulted in
my being, well, deep-frozen.тАЭ
Walter Stein shrugged. He still reminded Cogswell of
Paul Lucas playing the part of an anxious scientist.
тАЬThatтАЩs a sufficient explanation,тАЭ he said. тАЬAt least as
near as I would expect a layman to get.тАЭ
Cogswell looked at him questioningly. тАЬWhat was all
that jazz about the monument, and that cave or grotto or
whatever it was beneath it?тАЭ
Stein said, тАЬWe had to have some place to leave your
body where it wouldnтАЩt be discovered for a period of
nearly a century. A cave beneath a holy manтАЩs tomb was
as good a bet as any. Even today, such monuments are
respected by the local people.тАЭ
тАЬI see,тАЭ Cogswell said, pouring some coffee into his cup.
тАЬIтАЩve got some mind-twisting questions I want to ask
about what seem to me some really far out paradoxes,
but they can wait. First, what happened after IтАЩd gone?
What do the records say about my disappearance? What
did the International Executive Committee do? What
kind of a report was given out about me to the
membership of the movement?тАЭ As he spoke, his face
tightened.
Betty took up the ball. She said, very softly,
тАЬRemember, Tracy, when I told you yesterday that Dan
Whiteley had been killed by the Chinese communists and
had become a martyr, known to any student of the
period?тАЭ
He waited for her to go on.
She said, still softly, тАЬYou are also so known. Tracy
Cogswell, the dependable, the incorruptible, the
organization man plus ultra , the indominable field man.тАЭ
She spoke as though reciting. тАЬFought in Spain in the
International Brigades as a boy. Friend of George Orwell.
Spent three years in Nazi concentration camps before
escaping. Active in overthrowing Mussolini. Fought on
the side of the Freedom Fighters in the Hungarian
tragedy of 1956. Helped Djilas escape from TitoтАЩs
dictatorship. Finally was given post of international
secretary, coordinating activities from Tangier.тАЭ
She took a deep breath before going on. тАЬCaptured by
FrancoтАЩs espionage-counterespionage agents and
smuggled into Spain. Died under torture without
betraying any members of the organization.тАЭ
Tracy spilled his cup of coffee as he came to his feet.
His voice was strained. тАЬButтАж but Dan Whiteley was
there, at the end. He knew that last wasnтАЩt true. I
appropriated almost twenty thousand dollars of the
movementтАЩs money. It must have been practically the
whole international treasury, and thatтАЩs why he had been