But above and beyond everything else, he had originally been drawn by her screwball expression; for no reason, Juliana greeted strangers with a portentous, nudnik, Mona Lisa smile that hung them up between responses, whether to say hello or not. And she was so attractive that more often than not they did say hello, whereupon Juliana glided by. At first he had thought it was just plain bad eyesight, but finally he had decided that it revealed a deep-dyed otherwise concealed stupidity at her core. And so finally her borderline flicker of greeting to strangers had annoyed him, as had her plantlike, silent, I'm-on-a-mysterious-errand way of coming and going. But even then, toward the end, when they had been fighting so much, he still never saw her as anything but a direct, literal invention of God's, dropped into his life for reasons he would never know. And on that account -- a sort of religious intuition or faith about her -- he could not get over having lost her.
She seemed so close right now. . . as if he still had her. That spirit, still busy in his life, padding through his room in search of -- whatever it was Juliana sought. And in his mind whenever he took up the volumes of the oracle.electronics wholesale distributors
Seated on his bed, surrounded by lonely disorder, preparing to go out and begin his day, Frank Frink wondered who else in the vast complicated city of San Francisco was at this same moment consulting the oracle. And were they all getting as gloomy advice as he? Was the tenor of the Moment as adverse for them as it was for him?
Chapter 2
Mr. Nobusuke Tagomi sat consulting the divine Fifth Book of Confucian wisdom, the Taoist oracle called for centuries the I Ching or Book of Changes. At noon that day, he had begun to become apprehensive about his appointment with Mr. Childan, which would occur in two more hours.wholesale china electronics
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Busily he maneuvered the yarrow stalks, his eyes fixed on the tallies. How many times he had asked about Juliana, one question or another? Here came the hexagram, brought forth by the passive chance workings of the vegetable stalks. Random, and yet rooted in the moment in which he lived, in which his life was bound up with all other lives and particles in the universe. The necessary hexagram picturing in its pattern of broken and unbroken lines the situation. He, Juliana, the factory on Gough Street, the Trade Missions that ruled, the exploration of the planets, the billion chemical heaps in Africa that were now not even corpses, the aspirations of the thousands around him in the shanty warrens of San Francisco, the mad creatures in Berlin with their calm faces and manic plans -- all connected in this moment of casting the yarrow stalks to select the exact wisdom appropriate in a book begun in the thirtieth century B.C. A book created by the sages of China over a period of five thousand years, winnowed, perfected, that superb cosmology -- and science -- codified before Europe had even learned to do long division.buy electronics wholesale
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It's all right, Juliana said.
You know, Mrs. Frink, I've gotten so much out of judo. Even more than out of Zen. I wanted to tell you.
Slim your hips the Zen way, Juliana said. Lose pounds through painless satori. I'm sorry, Miss Davis. I'm woolgathering.
Miss Davis said, Did they hurt you much?
Who?
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The Japs. Before you learned to defend yourself.
It was dreadful, Juliana said. You've never been out there, on the Coast. Where they are.
I've never been outside of Colorado, Miss Davis said, her voice fluttering timidly.
It could happen here, Juliana said. They might decide to occupy this region, too.
Not this late!
You never know what they're going to do, Juliana said. They hide their real thoughts.
What -- did they make you do? Miss Davis, hugging her purse against her body with both arms, moved closer, in the evening darkness, to hear.
Everything, Juliana said.
Oh God. I'd fight, Miss Davis said.
Juliana excused herself and walked to the vacant shower; someone else was approaching it with a towel over her arm.
Later, she sat in a booth at Tasty Charley's Broiled Hamburgers, listlessly reading the menu. The jukebox played some hillbilly tune; steel guitar and emotion-choked moaning. . . the air was heavy with grease smoke. And yet, the place was warm and bright, and it cheered her. The presence of the truck drivers at the counter, the waitress, the big Irish fry cook in his white jacket at the register making change.
Seeing her, Charley approached to wait on her himself. Grinning, he drawled, Missy want tea now?
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And the hot steak sandwich with gravy.
Not have bowl rat's-nest soup? Or maybe goat brains fried in olive oil? A couple of the truck drivers, turning on their stools, grinned along with the gag, too. And in addition they took pleasure in noticing how attractive she was. Even lacking the fry cook's kidding, she would have found the truck drivers scrutinizing her. The months of active judo had given her unusual muscle tone; she knew how well she held herself and what it did for her figure.
It all has to do with the shoulder muscles, she thought as she met their gaze. Dancers do it, too. It has nothing to do with size. Send your wives around to the gym and we'll teach them. And you'll be so much more content in life.
Stay away from her, the fry cook warned the truck drivers with a wink. She'll throw you on your can.
You know, Mrs. Frink, I've gotten so much out of judo. Even more than out of Zen. I wanted to tell you.
Slim your hips the Zen way, Juliana said. Lose pounds through painless satori. I'm sorry, Miss Davis. I'm woolgathering.
Miss Davis said, Did they hurt you much?
Who?
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The Japs. Before you learned to defend yourself.
It was dreadful, Juliana said. You've never been out there, on the Coast. Where they are.
I've never been outside of Colorado, Miss Davis said, her voice fluttering timidly.
It could happen here, Juliana said. They might decide to occupy this region, too.
Not this late!
You never know what they're going to do, Juliana said. They hide their real thoughts.
What -- did they make you do? Miss Davis, hugging her purse against her body with both arms, moved closer, in the evening darkness, to hear.
Everything, Juliana said.
Oh God. I'd fight, Miss Davis said.
Juliana excused herself and walked to the vacant shower; someone else was approaching it with a towel over her arm.
Later, she sat in a booth at Tasty Charley's Broiled Hamburgers, listlessly reading the menu. The jukebox played some hillbilly tune; steel guitar and emotion-choked moaning. . . the air was heavy with grease smoke. And yet, the place was warm and bright, and it cheered her. The presence of the truck drivers at the counter, the waitress, the big Irish fry cook in his white jacket at the register making change.
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Coffee, Juliana said, enduring the fry cook's relentless humor.
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And the hot steak sandwich with gravy.
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It all has to do with the shoulder muscles, she thought as she met their gaze. Dancers do it, too. It has nothing to do with size. Send your wives around to the gym and we'll teach them. And you'll be so much more content in life.
Stay away from her, the fry cook warned the truck drivers with a wink. She'll throw you on your can.
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Learned that, she thought, from Japanese. Imbibed placid attitude toward mortality, along with money-making judo. How to kill, how to die. Yang and yin. But that's behind, now; this is Protestant land.
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At that, Mr. Ramsey stiffened abruptly and also bowed.
I've been consulting the oracle, Mr. Tagomi said, as Miss Ephreikian reseated herself with her tape recorder. You understand that Mr. Baynes, who as you know is arriving shortly in person, holds to the Nordic ideology regarding so-called Oriental culture. I could make the effort to dazzle him into a better comprehension with authentic works of Chinese scroll art or ceramics of our Tokugawa Period. . . but it is not our job to convert.
I see, Mr. Ramsey said; his Caucasian face twisted with painful concentration.
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You, sir, are of American ancestry. Although you have gone to the trouble of darkening your skin color. He scrutinized Mr. Ramsey.
A tan achieved by a sun lamp, Mr. Ramsey murmured. For merely acquiring vitamin D. But his expression of humiliation gave him away. I assure you that I retain authentic roots with -- Mr. Ramsey stumbled over the words. I have not cut off all ties with -- native ethnic patterns.
Mr. Tagomi said to Miss Ephreikian: Resume, please. Once more the tape recorder whirred. In consulting the oracle and obtaining Hexagram Ta Kuo, Twenty-eight, I further received the unfavorable line Nine in the fifth place. It reads:
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An older woman takes a husband.
No blame. No praise.
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I see, Mr. Ramsey said; his Caucasian face twisted with painful concentration.
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You, sir, are of American ancestry. Although you have gone to the trouble of darkening your skin color. He scrutinized Mr. Ramsey.
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A withered poplar puts forth flowers.
An older woman takes a husband.
No blame. No praise.
This clearly indicates that Mr. Childan will have nothing of worth to offer us at two. Mr. Tagomi paused. Let us be candid. I cannot rely on my own judgment regarding American art objects. That is why a -- He lingered over his choice of terms. Why you, Mr. Ramsey, who are shall I say native born, are required. Obviously we must do the best we can.
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Touching the intercom button Mr. Tagomi said, Miss Ephreikian, I would like you to bring in your tape recorder, please.
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Bit of lilac, Mr. Tagomi observed. Once, he had professionally flower-raised back home on Hokkaido.
Miss Ephreikian, a tall, brown-haired Armenian girl, bowed.
Ready with Zip-Track Speed Master? Mr. Tagomi asked.
Yes, Mr. Tagomi. Miss Ephreikian seated herself, the portable battery-operated tape recorder ready.
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Miss Ephreikian watched him expectantly. The whirring ceased.
Have Mr. Ramsey come in for a moment, please, Mr. Tagomi said.
Yes, Mr. Tagomi. Rising, she put down the tape recorder; her heels tapped as she departed from the office.
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Mr. Tagomi bowed.
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Miss Ephreikian watched him expectantly. The whirring ceased.
Have Mr. Ramsey come in for a moment, please, Mr. Tagomi said.
Yes, Mr. Tagomi. Rising, she put down the tape recorder; her heels tapped as she departed from the office.
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The girl's name was Betty. Such understanding in her face, he thought. The gentle, sympathetic eyes. Surely, even in the short time in the store, she had glimpsed his hopes and defeats.
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To inspire himself, he lit up a marijuana cigarette, excellent Land-O-Smiles brand.
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Oy vey, he thought, settling back. So she was wrong for me; I know that. I didn't ask that. Why does the oracle have to remind me? A bad fate for me, to have met her and been in love -- be in love -- with her.
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The hexagram. His heart dropped. Forty-four. Kou. Coming to Meet. Its sobering judgment. The maiden is powerful. One should not marry such a maiden. Again he had gotten it in connection with Juliana.
Oy vey, he thought, settling back. So she was wrong for me; I know that. I didn't ask that. Why does the oracle have to remind me? A bad fate for me, to have met her and been in love -- be in love -- with her.
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Busily he maneuvered the yarrow stalks, his eyes fixed on the tallies. How many times he had asked about Juliana, one question or another? Here came the hexagram, brought forth by the passive chance workings of the vegetable stalks. Random, and yet rooted in the moment in which he lived, in which his life was bound up with all other lives and particles in the universe. The necessary hexagram picturing in its pattern of broken and unbroken lines the situation. He, Juliana, the factory on Gough Street,3G Dual SIM Android 2.2 the Trade Missions that ruled, the exploration of the planets, the billion chemical heaps in Africa that were now not even corpses, the aspirations of the thousands around him in the shanty warrens of San Francisco, the mad creatures in Berlin with their calm faces and manic plans -- all connected in this moment of casting the yarrow stalks to select the exact wisdom appropriate in a book begun in the thirtieth century B.C. A book created by the sages of China over a period of five thousand years, winnowed, perfected, that
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And yet he was a bit disappointed. There was something fatuous about Hexagram Fifteen. Too goody-goody. Naturally he should be modest. Perhaps there was an idea in it, however. After all, he had no power over old W-M. He could not compel him to take him back. All he could do was adopt the point of view of Hexagram Fifteen; this was that sort of moment, when one had to petition, to hope, to await with faith. Heaven in its time would raise him up to his old job or perhaps even to something better.
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And yet he was a bit disappointed. There was something fatuous about Hexagram Fifteen. Too goody-goody. Naturally he should be modest. Perhaps there was an idea in it, however. After all, he had no power over old W-M. He could not compel him to take him back. All he could do was adopt the point of view of Hexagram Fifteen; this was that sort of moment, when one had to petition, to hope, to await with faith. Heaven in its time would raise him up to his old job or perhaps even to something better.
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2012年2月22日星期三
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The Foreign Office official paused, glanced up and around at them all. Then resumed.
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Bit of confusion. Other personages, discussing in low tones; heads bowed together.
Sirs, the Foreign Office person said in loud, commanding voice. All eyes fixed then on him. As you know, the Reichskanzler is now confirmed as dead. Official statement from Berlin. This meeting, which will not last long -- you will soon be able to go back to your offices -- is for purposes of informing you of our evaluation of several contending factions in German political life who can now be expected to step forth and engage in no-holds-barred disputation for spot evacuated by Herr Bormann.
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2012年2月21日星期二
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Mr. Nobusuke Tagomi sat consulting the divine Fifth Book of Confucian wisdom, the Taoist oracle called for centuries the I Ching or Book of Changes. At noon that day, he had begun to become apprehensive about his appointment with Mr. Childan, which would occur in two more hours.
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2012年2月16日星期四
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But, Juliana thought, those gentlemen in vests are in forever. And your idols, Rommel and Doctor Todt; they just came in after hostilities, to clear the rubble, build the autobahns, start industry humming. They even let the Jews live, lucky surprise -- amnesty so the Jews could pitch in. Until '49, anyhow. . . and then good-bye Todt and Rommel, retired to graze.
Don't I know? Juliana thought. Didn't I hear all about it from Frank? You can't tell me anything about life under the Nazis; my husband was -- is -- a Jew. I know that Doctor Todt was the most modest, gentle man that ever lived; I know all he wanted to do was provide work -- honest, reputable work -- for the millions of bleak-eyed, despairing American men and women picking through the ruins after the war. I know he wanted to see medical plans and vacation resorts and adequate housing for everyone, regardless of race; he was a builder, not a thinker. . . and in most cases he managed to create what he had wanted -- he actually got it. But. . .
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How could you be reading it, then? Something about it worried her. Don't they still shoot people for reading --
It depends on your racial group. On the good old armband.
That was so. Slavs, Poles, Puerto Ricans, were the most limited as to what they could read, do, listen to. The Anglo-Saxons had it much better; there was public education for their children, and they could go to libraries and museums and concerts. But even so. . . The Grasshopper was not merely classified; it was forbidden, and to everyone.
Joe said, I read it in the toilet. I hid it in a pillow. In fact, I read it because it was banned.
You're very brave, she said.
Doubtfully he said, You mean that sarcastically?
But, Juliana thought, those gentlemen in vests are in forever. And your idols, Rommel and Doctor Todt; they just came in after hostilities, to clear the rubble, build the autobahns, start industry humming. They even let the Jews live, lucky surprise -- amnesty so the Jews could pitch in. Until '49, anyhow. . . and then good-bye Todt and Rommel, retired to graze.
Don't I know? Juliana thought. Didn't I hear all about it from Frank? You can't tell me anything about life under the Nazis; my husband was -- is -- a Jew. I know that Doctor Todt was the most modest, gentle man that ever lived; I know all he wanted to do was provide work -- honest, reputable work -- for the millions of bleak-eyed, despairing American men and women picking through the ruins after the war. I know he wanted to see medical plans and vacation resorts and adequate housing for everyone, regardless of race; he was a builder, not a thinker. . . and in most cases he managed to create what he had wanted -- he actually got it. But. . .
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It depends on your racial group. On the good old armband.
That was so. Slavs, Poles, Puerto Ricans, were the most limited as to what they could read, do, listen to. The Anglo-Saxons had it much better; there was public education for their children, and they could go to libraries and museums and concerts. But even so. . . The Grasshopper was not merely classified; it was forbidden, and to everyone.
Joe said, I read it in the toilet. I hid it in a pillow. In fact, I read it because it was banned.
You're very brave, she said.
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I have to turn the bacon. She slid away from him and hurried back to the kitchen.
Following after her, still carrying the book, Joe went on, And the U.S. comes in. After it licks the Japs. And after the war, the U.S. and Britain divide the world. Exactly like Germany and Japan did in reality.
Juliana said, Germany, Japan, and Italy. He stared at her.
You left out Italy. She faced him calmly. Did you forget, too? she said to herself. Like everybody else? The little empire in the Middle East. . . the musical-comedy New Rome.
Presently she served him a platter of bacon and eggs, toast and marmalade, coffee. He ate readily.
What did they serve you in North Africa? she asked as she, too, seated herself.
Joe said, Dead donkey.
That's hideous.
With a twisted grin, Joe said, Asino Morte. The bully beef cans had the initials AM stamped on them. The Germans called it Alter Mann. Old Man. He resumed his rapid eating.
I would like to read this, Juliana thought as she reached to take the book from under Joe's arm. Will he be here that long? The book had grease on it; pages were torn. Finger marks all over it. Read by truck drivers on the long haul, she thought. In the one-arm beaneries late at night. . . I'll bet you're a slow reader, she thought. I'll bet you've been poring over this book for weeks, if not months.
Opening the book at random, she read:
. . .now in his old age he viewed tranquillity, domain such as the ancients would have coveted but not comprehended, ships from the Crimea to Madrid, and all the Empire, all with the same coin, speech, flag. The great old Union Jack dipping from sunrise to sunset: it had been fulfilled at last, that about the sun and the flag.
The only book I carry around, Juliana said, isn't actually a book; it's the oracle, the I Ching -- Frank got me hooked on it and I use it all the time to decide. I never let it out of my sight. Ever. She closed the copy of The Grasshopper. Want to see it? Want to use it?
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Resting her chin on her folded arms on the table surface and gazing at him sideways, she said, Have you moved in here permanently? And what are you up to? Brooding over the insults, the slanders. You petrify me, she thought, with your hatred of life. But -- you have something. You're like a little animal, not important but smart. Studying his limited, clever dark face she thought, How could I ever have imagined you as younger than me? But even that's true, your childishness; you are still the baby brother, worshiping your two older brothers and your Major Pardi and General Rommel, panting and sweating to break loose and get the Tommies. Did they actually garrote your brothers with loops of wire? We heard that, the atrocity stories and photos released after the war. . . She shuddered. But the British commandos were brought to trial and punished long ago.
The radio had ceased playing music; there seemed to be a news program, racket of shortwave from Europe. The voice faded and became garbled. A long pause, nothing at all. Just silence. Then the Denver announcer, very clear, close by. She reached to turn the dial, but Joe stopped her hand.
Following after her, still carrying the book, Joe went on, And the U.S. comes in. After it licks the Japs. And after the war, the U.S. and Britain divide the world. Exactly like Germany and Japan did in reality.
Juliana said, Germany, Japan, and Italy. He stared at her.
You left out Italy. She faced him calmly. Did you forget, too? she said to herself. Like everybody else? The little empire in the Middle East. . . the musical-comedy New Rome.
Presently she served him a platter of bacon and eggs, toast and marmalade, coffee. He ate readily.
What did they serve you in North Africa? she asked as she, too, seated herself.
Joe said, Dead donkey.
That's hideous.
With a twisted grin, Joe said, Asino Morte. The bully beef cans had the initials AM stamped on them. The Germans called it Alter Mann. Old Man. He resumed his rapid eating.
I would like to read this, Juliana thought as she reached to take the book from under Joe's arm. Will he be here that long? The book had grease on it; pages were torn. Finger marks all over it. Read by truck drivers on the long haul, she thought. In the one-arm beaneries late at night. . . I'll bet you're a slow reader, she thought. I'll bet you've been poring over this book for weeks, if not months.
Opening the book at random, she read:
. . .now in his old age he viewed tranquillity, domain such as the ancients would have coveted but not comprehended, ships from the Crimea to Madrid, and all the Empire, all with the same coin, speech, flag. The great old Union Jack dipping from sunrise to sunset: it had been fulfilled at last, that about the sun and the flag.
The only book I carry around, Juliana said, isn't actually a book; it's the oracle, the I Ching -- Frank got me hooked on it and I use it all the time to decide. I never let it out of my sight. Ever. She closed the copy of The Grasshopper. Want to see it? Want to use it?
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Resting her chin on her folded arms on the table surface and gazing at him sideways, she said, Have you moved in here permanently? And what are you up to? Brooding over the insults, the slanders. You petrify me, she thought, with your hatred of life. But -- you have something. You're like a little animal, not important but smart. Studying his limited, clever dark face she thought, How could I ever have imagined you as younger than me? But even that's true, your childishness; you are still the baby brother, worshiping your two older brothers and your Major Pardi and General Rommel, panting and sweating to break loose and get the Tommies. Did they actually garrote your brothers with loops of wire? We heard that, the atrocity stories and photos released after the war. . . She shuddered. But the British commandos were brought to trial and punished long ago.
The radio had ceased playing music; there seemed to be a news program, racket of shortwave from Europe. The voice faded and became garbled. A long pause, nothing at all. Just silence. Then the Denver announcer, very clear, close by. She reached to turn the dial, but Joe stopped her hand.
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As Frank Frink watched his ex-employer waddle down the corridor and into the main work area of W-M Corporation he thought to himself, The strange thing about Wyndam-Matson is that he does not look like a man who owns a factory. He looks like a Tenderloin bum, a wino, who has been given a bath, new clothes, a shave, haircut, shot of vitamins, and set out into the world with five dollars to find a new life. The old man had a weak, shifty, nervous, even ingratiating manner, as if he regarded everyone as a potential enemy stronger than he, whom he had to fawn on and pacify. They're going to get me, his manner seemed to say.
And yet old W-M was really very powerful. He owned controlling interests in a variety of enterprises, speculations, real estate. As well as the W-M Corporation factory.
Following after the old man, Frink pushed open the big metal door to the main work area. The rumble of machinery, which he had heard around him every day for so long -- sight of men at the machines, air filled with flash of light, waste dust, movement. There went the old man. Frink increased his pace.
Hey, Mr. W-M! he called.
The old man had stopped by the hairy-armed shop foreman, Ed McCarthy. Both of them glanced up as Frink came toward them.
Moistening his lips nervously, Wyndam-Matson said, I'm sorry, Frank; I can't do anything about taking you back. I've already gone ahead and hired someone to take your place, thinking you weren't coming back. After what you said. His small round eyes flickered with what Frink knew to be an almost hereditary evasiveness. It was in the old man's blood.
Frink said, I came for my tools. Nothing else. His own voice, he was glad to hear, was firm, even harsh.
Well, let's see, W-M mumbled, obviously hazy in his own mind as to the status of Frink's tools. To Ed McCarthy he said, I think that would be in your department, Ed. Maybe you can fix Frank here up. I have other business. He glanced at his pocket watch. Listen, Ed. I'll discuss that invoice later; I have to run along. He patted Ed McCarthy on the arm and then trotted off, Android 2.2 4GB Tablet HDMI
not looking back.
Ed McCarthy and Frink stood together.
You came to get your job back, McCarthy said after a time.
Yes, Frink said.
I was proud of what you said yesterday.
So was I, Frink said. But -- Christ, I can't work it out anywhere else. He felt defeated and hopeless. You know that. The two of them had, in the past, often talked over their problems.
McCarthy said, I don't know that. Youre as good with that flex-cable machine as anybody on the Coast. I've seen you whip out a piece in five minutes, inwholesale android tablets
cluding the rouge polishing. All the way from the rough Cratex. And except for the welding --
I never said I could weld, Frink said.
Did you ever think of going into business on your own?
As Frank Frink watched his ex-employer waddle down the corridor and into the main work area of W-M Corporation he thought to himself, The strange thing about Wyndam-Matson is that he does not look like a man who owns a factory. He looks like a Tenderloin bum, a wino, who has been given a bath, new clothes, a shave, haircut, shot of vitamins, and set out into the world with five dollars to find a new life. The old man had a weak, shifty, nervous, even ingratiating manner, as if he regarded everyone as a potential enemy stronger than he, whom he had to fawn on and pacify. They're going to get me, his manner seemed to say.
And yet old W-M was really very powerful. He owned controlling interests in a variety of enterprises, speculations, real estate. As well as the W-M Corporation factory.
Following after the old man, Frink pushed open the big metal door to the main work area. The rumble of machinery, which he had heard around him every day for so long -- sight of men at the machines, air filled with flash of light, waste dust, movement. There went the old man. Frink increased his pace.
Hey, Mr. W-M! he called.
The old man had stopped by the hairy-armed shop foreman, Ed McCarthy. Both of them glanced up as Frink came toward them.
Moistening his lips nervously, Wyndam-Matson said, I'm sorry, Frank; I can't do anything about taking you back. I've already gone ahead and hired someone to take your place, thinking you weren't coming back. After what you said. His small round eyes flickered with what Frink knew to be an almost hereditary evasiveness. It was in the old man's blood.
Frink said, I came for my tools. Nothing else. His own voice, he was glad to hear, was firm, even harsh.
Well, let's see, W-M mumbled, obviously hazy in his own mind as to the status of Frink's tools. To Ed McCarthy he said, I think that would be in your department, Ed. Maybe you can fix Frank here up. I have other business. He glanced at his pocket watch. Listen, Ed. I'll discuss that invoice later; I have to run along. He patted Ed McCarthy on the arm and then trotted off, Android 2.2 4GB Tablet HDMI
not looking back.
Ed McCarthy and Frink stood together.
You came to get your job back, McCarthy said after a time.
Yes, Frink said.
I was proud of what you said yesterday.
So was I, Frink said. But -- Christ, I can't work it out anywhere else. He felt defeated and hopeless. You know that. The two of them had, in the past, often talked over their problems.
McCarthy said, I don't know that. Youre as good with that flex-cable machine as anybody on the Coast. I've seen you whip out a piece in five minutes, inwholesale android tablets
cluding the rouge polishing. All the way from the rough Cratex. And except for the welding --
I never said I could weld, Frink said.
Did you ever think of going into business on your own?
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At the far end of the field, at the concourse entrance, a large number of people were waiting. Relatives, friends of passengers, some of them waving, peering, smiling, looking anxious, scanning faces. A heavyset middle-aged Japanese man, well-dressed in a British overcoat, pointed Oxfords, bowler, stood a little ahead of the others, with a younger Japanese beside him. On his coat lapel he wore the badge of the ranking Pacific Trade Mission of the Imperial Government. There he is, Baynes realized. Mr. N. Tagomi, come personally to meet me.
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Bit cold, sir; on this exposed field, Mr. Tagomi said. We shall begin return trip to downtown city by Mission helicopter. Is that so? Or do you need to use the facilities, and so forth? He scrutinized Mr. Baynes' face anxiously.
We can start right now, Baynes said. I want to check in at my hotel. My baggage, however --
Mr. Kotomichi will attend to that, Mr. Tagomi said. He will follow. You see, sir, at this terminal it takes almost an hour waiting in line to claim baggage. Longer than your trip.
Mr. Kotomichi smiled agreeably.
All right, Baynes said.
Mr. Tagomi said, Sir, I have a gift to graft.
I beg your pardon? Baynes said.
To invite your favorable attitude. Mr. Tagomi reached into his overcoat pocket and brought out a small box. Selected from among the finest objects d'art of America available. He held out the box.
Well, Baynes said. Thanks. He accepted the box.
All afternoon assorted officials examined the alternatives, Mr. Tagomi said. This is most authentic of dying old U.S. culture, a rare retained artifact carrying flavor of bygone halcyon day.
Mr. Baynes opened the box. In it lay a Mickey Mouse wristwatch on a pad of black velvet.
Was Mr. Tagomi playing a joke on him? He raised his eyes, saw Mr. Tagomi's tense, concerned face. No, it was not a joke. Thank you very much, Baynes said. This is indeed incredible.
Only few, perhaps ten, authentic 1938 Mickey Mouse watches in all world today, Mr. Tagomi said, studying him, drinking in his reaction, his appreciation. No collector known to me has one, sir.
They entered the air terminal and together ascended the ramp.
Behind them Mr. Kotomichi said, Harusame ni nuretsutsu yane no temari kana. . .
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Old poem, Mr. Tagomi said. Middle Tokugawa Period.
Mr. Kotomichi said, As the spring rains fall, soaking in them, on the roof, is a child's rag
Starting forward, the Japanese called, Herr Baynes -- good evening. His head tilted hesitantly.
Good evening, Mr. Tagomi, Baynes said,cell phones android 2.2
holding out his hand. They shook, then bowed. The younger Japanese also bowed, beaming.
Bit cold, sir; on this exposed field, Mr. Tagomi said. We shall begin return trip to downtown city by Mission helicopter. Is that so? Or do you need to use the facilities, and so forth? He scrutinized Mr. Baynes' face anxiously.
We can start right now, Baynes said. I want to check in at my hotel. My baggage, however --
Mr. Kotomichi will attend to that, Mr. Tagomi said. He will follow. You see, sir, at this terminal it takes almost an hour waiting in line to claim baggage. Longer than your trip.
Mr. Kotomichi smiled agreeably.
All right, Baynes said.
Mr. Tagomi said, Sir, I have a gift to graft.
I beg your pardon? Baynes said.
To invite your favorable attitude. Mr. Tagomi reached into his overcoat pocket and brought out a small box. Selected from among the finest objects d'art of America available. He held out the box.
Well, Baynes said. Thanks. He accepted the box.
All afternoon assorted officials examined the alternatives, Mr. Tagomi said. This is most authentic of dying old U.S. culture, a rare retained artifact carrying flavor of bygone halcyon day.
Mr. Baynes opened the box. In it lay a Mickey Mouse wristwatch on a pad of black velvet.
Was Mr. Tagomi playing a joke on him? He raised his eyes, saw Mr. Tagomi's tense, concerned face. No, it was not a joke. Thank you very much, Baynes said. This is indeed incredible.
Only few, perhaps ten, authentic 1938 Mickey Mouse watches in all world today, Mr. Tagomi said, studying him, drinking in his reaction, his appreciation. No collector known to me has one, sir.
They entered the air terminal and together ascended the ramp.
Behind them Mr. Kotomichi said, Harusame ni nuretsutsu yane no temari kana. . .
What is that? Mr. Baynes said to Mr. Tagomi.android 2.2 smartphone
Old poem, Mr. Tagomi said. Middle Tokugawa Period.
Mr. Kotomichi said, As the spring rains fall, soaking in them, on the roof, is a child's rag
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