"Christopher Stasheff - St Vidicon to the Rescue" - читать интересную книгу автора (Stasheff Christopher)

"Cardinal Beluga is a genius of diplomacy!" Father Vidicon murmured.

"Yes, and all the nations are worried about the growth of Sun's church within their borders, with all
that it implies of large portions of their citizenry taking orders from Singapore. Under the circumstances,
we've definitely become the lesser of two evils, in their eyes."

"I suppose that's a compliment," Father Vidicon said doubtfully.

"Let's think of it that way, shall we? The bottleneck, of course, was the American commercial
networks; they're only willing to carry me early Sunday morning."

"Yes, they only worry about religion when it begins to affect sales," Father Vidicon said
thoughtfully. "So I take it Your Holiness will appear about 2:00 P.M.?"

"Which is early morning in Chicago, yes. Other countries have agreed to record the speech and
replay it at a more suitable hour. It'll go by satellite, of courseтАж"

"As long as we pay for it."

"Naturally. And if there's a failure of transmission at our end, the networks are not liable to give us
postponed time."

"Your Holiness!" Father Vidicon threw his arms wide. "You wound me! Of course I'll see to it
there's no transmission error!"

"No offense intended, Father VidiconтАФbut I'm rather aware that the transmitter I've given you isn't
exactly the most recent model."

"What can you expect, from donations? Besides, Your Holiness, British Marconi made excellent
transmitters in 1990! No, Italy and southern France will receive us perfectly. But it would help if you
could invest in a few spare parts for the converter that feeds the satellite earth station тАж"

"Whatever that may be. Buy whatever you need, Father Vidicon. Just be certain our signal is
transmitted. You may go now."

"Don't worry, Your Holiness! Your voice shall be heard and your face seen, even though the

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Powers of Darkness rise up against me!"

"Including Maxwell's Demon?" His Holiness said dourly. "And the Imp of the Perverse?"

"Don't worry, Your Holiness." Father Vidicon made a circle of his thumb and middle finger. "I've
dealt with them before."

"The good souls flocked liked homing doves,'" Father Vidicon sang, "or they will after they've
heard our Pope's little talk." He closed the access panel of the transmitter. "There! Every part certified in