style="font-size:15px;"> millions. But what these millions will cost tomorrow? Tomorrow you can
to wake up the poor, and you will intercept the retreat all,
to flight, rescue…”
Whether will be much such which will refuse our offer? To
to example, lady Hinton. Quite ripened fruit. Two-three more already close
political crash, and from this rich person fall down in our hands
pounds sterling without account. We will build “Noah’s Ark”. We will be
to build a starprobe vehicle, tens of starprobe vehicles, without caring for that at all,
they will depart or not. We will be at the head of business and to move huge
means. Conspiracy simplifies the reporting. It is necessary at all not
to have commercial intuition not to estimate all advantage of it
enterprises. I hope, now you quite understood what means to open
placer on the Thames?
Marshal de Terlonzh for nervousness long puffed, sniffed and, at last
squeezed out from itself:
– E-e-e., ffva are absolutely right!
So new was born in foggy London evening in darkness of a limousine
the joint-stock company fastened with short strong handshake.
Chapter 3
ABOUT ADVANTAGE OF THE EQUATOR
Hans Finger was by the cabin window. His curling fair hair and face
burned in the sun. He whistled a cheerful march, beating time and a leg and
hand. Finger experienced delight of the first flight on the stratoplena.
“Life – devilishly interesting movie when time and events fly as
this стратоплан…” Hans all accelerated a march. If it was possible
to start up the movie of life even quicker! To strike time in a nape so that all
hour hands were started turning quicker second, detachable leaves
calendars fell down as autumn leaves during a storm, and the sun a comet
would rush on a sky…
Hans suddenly reeled, hit the head against a wall and screamed. Or it
also, like a certain utopian hero, received a gift to work wonders?.
The sun as soccerball, described an arch in the sky and was behind a frame
windows.
Hans rubbed a nape, took seat in an easy chair and laughed.
“Well of course, it стратоплан the abrupt bend made. Yes, changing time
on the third speed, it is necessary to keep more strong”.
Hans thought.
Elections, strikes, street demonstrations. Hans kept up everywhere:
scattered illegal leaves from a roof, filled with them abonent books in
boxes of payphones, managed “Mohicans” near by to do, as well as
hundreds of his companions, antigovernmental inscriptions on walls of houses and on
the passing vans, collected the chronicle for underground newspapers, let
children’s spheres with leaflets, set up at night red banners on spikes
churches, sold theatrical programs, putting in them leaflets,
invented tens of ways of propaganda, ran away from prosecution, disappeared,
changed clothes; even it zagrimirovyvatsya and again threw out such pieces, from
which enemies turned green, workers laughed and political raged
caliphs…
Vinkler’s call. Organization of escape of Zander. A smart suit “under
Englishman”. Soft compartment. To the Swiss border – on a car. Boundary
strip. Night, storm… Searches of companions to which at Vinkler was
letter. Wandering… A crossing through the river. Alarm. Firefight…
Switzerland. Mountains in the neighborhood of the Alps. The small house – a chalet – among
unction, larches, Alpine cedars. Snow. Tasty mountain frosty
the air which is given to drink by a needles smell. Work in a workshop. Production of model
starprobe vehicle according to drawings. Study. War with integrals and differentials. In
leisure hours – skis, excursions on the mountains… Blotton’s arrival with big
news. Order of a big passenger starprobe vehicle. Blotton’s departure,
Zander and Vinkler in some unknown Stormer-city…
New duties are assigned to Hans: purchase and reception
high-quality staly Europe in the different cities and America.
Continuous trips. It is interesting. But… “purchasing agent” – such
work not in Hans’s taste. It sends desperate letters to Vinkler. At last
Vinkler “took pity” on him. Arrived to Europe personally to make
some purchases and to capture with itself Hans. And now they fly in
this mysterious Stormer-city. Also Blotton flies. He will make the first
rise in a stratosphere on the single rocket. He did not want this honor
to concede to nobody.
Hans looks out of the window. The sky at this height of gray and flaky color. Sun
it is dazzling is white.
And what becomes below? Concave dark blue board of the ocean. On it
it is dazzling a bright circle – reflection of a solar disk.
Magnificent, wonderful flight! Terrible jump! From west banks
Europe on the southwest,
