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. Mmm, I think highly of drowning in caterpillars. But I don't
know how to get that many caterpillars other than by having them shipped up from
Earth. Except- Well, one can always arrange for them through the insomnia
method. Toward the end you can cause the condemned to create his own
caterpillars just by suggesting it to him." She shivered. "Schrecklich! But I
won't use rats, Richard. Never rats. Not even imaginary rats."
"My sweet and gentle bride, I'm glad to know you draw the line at
something."
"Certainly I do! Beloved, you startled me with the notion that bad manners
could be judged a hanging offense. My own concern is for evil, rather than for
bad manners. I think evil deeds should never go unpunished. God's arrangements
for punishing evil are too slow to suit me; I want it done now. Take hijacking.
Hijackers should be hanged on the spot as soon as they are caught. An arsonist
should be burned at the stake on the site of the fire he started, if possible
before its ashes grow cold. A rapist should be killed by-"
I did not leam then what complex way of dying Gwen favored for rapists
because a polite bureaucrat (male, gray, dandruffy, built-in risus) stopped in
front of us and said, "Dr. Ames?"
"I am Dr. Ames."
"I am Mungerson Fitts, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Superrogatory
Statistics. I'm helping out. I'm sure you understand how terribly busy the
Manager's office is just now with the new addition being brought up to spin-all
the temporary relocations that have to be made and all the disruptions to
routine that have to be accommodated before we can all settle down in a larger
and greatly improved Golden Rule
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