"Connie Willis - Death on the Nile" - читать интересную книгу автора (Willis Connie)Lissa has gotten her bag out from under the seat. She puts my Death on the Nile in it and gets out her
sunglasses. I look past her and out the window at the white flatness where the wing should be. We should be able to see the lights on the wing even in the fog. ThatтАЩs what theyтАЩre there for, so you can see the plane in the fog. The people on the ship didnтАЩt realize they were dead at first. It was only when they started noticing little things that werenтАЩt quite right that they began to wonder. тАЬ тАШA guide is recommended,тАЩ тАЭ Zoe reads. I have meant to frighten Lissa, but I have only managed to frighten myself. We are beginning our descent, thatтАЩs all, I tell myself, and flying through a cloud. And that must be right. Because here we are in Cairo. CHAPTER TWO: ARRIVING AT THE AIRPORT тАЬSo this is Cairo?тАЭ ZoeтАЩs husband says, looking around. The plane has stopped at the end of the runway file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry%20kruiswi...ar/Connie%20Willis%20-%20Death%20on%20the%20Nile.html (7 of 24)19-2-2006 4:07:47 Death on the Nile and deplaned us onto the asphalt by means of a metal stairway. The terminal is off to the east, a low building with palm trees around it, and the Japanese tour group sets off toward it immediately, shouldering their carry-on bags and camera cases. We do not have any carry-ons. Since we always have to wait at the baggage claim for ZoeтАЩs guidebooks anyway, we check our carry-ons, too. Every time we do it, I am convinced they will go to Tokyo or disappear altogether, but now IтАЩm glad we donтАЩt have to lug them all the way to the terminal. It looks like it is miles away, and the Japanese are already slowing. Zoe is reading the guidebook. The rest of us stand around her, looking impatient. Lissa has caught the heel of her sandal in one of the metal steps coming down and is leaning against Neil. тАЬDid you twist it?тАЭ Neil asks anxiously. The flight attendants clatter down the steps with their navy blue overnight cases. They still look nervous. At the bottom of the stairs they unfold wheeled metal carriers and strap the overnight cases to them and set off for the terminal. After a few steps they stop, and one of them takes off her jacket and drapes it over the wheeled carrier, and they start off again, walking rapidly in their high heels. It is not as hot as I expected, even though the distant terminal shimmers in the heated air rising from the asphalt. There is no sign of the clouds we flew through, just a thin white haze that disperses the sunтАЩs light into an even glare. We are all squinting. Lissa lets go of NeilтАЩs arm for a second to get her |
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