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Robert A. Heinlein - A Comedy Of Justice
Atec Февраль 27 2008 02:52:13
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. If you won't cooperate, I'll stop trying to help you. I'll - I'll swap you to Astrid, that's what I'll do.'
'Don't do that.'
'I will if you keep objecting. Astrid would swap, I know she would. She likes you - she told me you were watching her dance last night.'
I accepted the pills, washed them down with the rest of the tomato juice - ice-cold and very comforting. 'I did until I spotted you. Then I watched you.'
She smiled for the first time. 'Yes? Did you like it?'
'You were beautiful.' (And your dance was obscene. Your immodest dress and your behaviour shocked me out of a year's growth. I hated it - and I wish I could see it all over again this very instant!) 'You are very graceful.'
The smile grew dimples. 'I had hoped that you would like it, sir.'
'I did. Now stop threatening me with Astrid.'
'All right. As long as you behave. Now get up and into the shower. First very hot, then very cold. Like a sauna.'
She waited. 'Up, ' I said. I'm not leaving until that shower is running and steam is pouring out.'
'I'll shower. After you leave.'
'And you'll run it lukewarm, I know. Get up, get those trousers off, get into that shower. While you're showering, I'll fetch your breakfast tray. There is just enough time before they shut down the galley to set up for lunch... so quit wasting time. Please!'
'Oh, I can't eat breakfast! Not today. No. 'Food - what a disgusting thought
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