"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 131 - Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

The small man gave Renny a look of frightful injury. тАЬYou are being sarcastic, of course. That is because
you do not know who I am.тАЭ

тАЬThat's right. Who are you?тАЭ

тАЬYou would not realize if I told you!тАЭ

Renny's impulse was to grin. The little brown fellow was so cocky, so indignantly serious, and making his
pronouncements with such a profound significance, as if each one of them was going to stop the world,
that he was funny.

тАЬAll right, tell me who you are,тАЭ said Renny. тАЬLet's see if I know.тАЭ

That made the small man more angry. He slapped his chest. тАЬIt is wasting the essence of inner dynamic
fluidity to talk this way to you. You are nothing. You are bones and some meat. That thing you think is
your mind is a rusted, worthless tool. A sponge too dried out to soak up anything.тАЭ

тАЬDumb, in other words,тАЭ said Renny.

тАЬExactly.тАЭ The little man leaned forward. тАЬDo you really want to know who I am?тАЭ

тАЬFrankly, I don't give the least part of a damn,тАЭ said Renny.

The one-eyed imp slapped his chest again. It sounded as if he had hit a small drum.

тАЬI,тАЭ he said, тАЬam Cici, the omnipotent. In the Central Council of the Fartherest Inward, I am the most
completely self-equipped.тАЭ

тАЬI hope you know you're not making sense,тАЭ Renny said.

тАЬI am Cici, of Kukilcuaca,тАЭ the imp said. тАЬYou do not know where Kukilcuaca is, doubtless. It is in
Mexico, a very remote part of Mexico. Have you ever been in Mexico?тАЭ

Renny said, тАЬI've been in Mexico, and I never heard ofтАФтАЭ

тАЬKukilcuaca is in the part of Mexico where you weren't,тАЭ said the indignant small brown man. тАЬNo one,
no one of your kind I mean, has seen it. Few have seen it. But I, Cici, am the most honored there. I am
the mystic. There has been, in twenty generations, no other great enough to be the mystic.тАЭ

He leaned back and sneered at Renny.

тАЬThat,тАЭ he concluded, тАЬis who I am.тАЭ

Renny's grin loosened, and finally faded. The little goof was making him uncomfortable. The imp was
some kind of a nut, of course, and like anybody else Renny was never very comfortable in the presence
of an eccentric.

тАЬO. K.,тАЭ said Renny sourly. тАЬNow that we've settled that, how about some peace and quiet?тАЭ

The one-eyed mystic gave Renny a look which contained much more hate than the situation seemed to