Straight (2010)
Straight
“I asked.
“That one.”
She pointed at a black rectangle a good deal smaller than a paperback, and when I picked it up and turned it over, sure enough, it had “Wizard” written on it in gold. I handed it to June who opened it like a book, laying it flat on the desk. The right-hand panel was covered with buttons and looked like an ultraversatile calculator. The left-hand side had a small screen at the top and a touch panel at the bottom with headings like “expense record,” “time accounting,” “report...s” and “reference.”
“It does everything,” June said. “It’s a diary, a phone directory, a memo pad, an appointments calendar, an accounts keeper ...”
“And does it have an alarm set to four-twenty?”
She switched the thing on, pressed three keys and showed me the screen. “Daily alarm,” it announced. “4:20 P.M., set.”
“Fair enough.”
For Annette the excitement seemed to be over. There were things she needed to see to, she said, and went away. June suggested she should tidy away all the gadgets and close all the drawers, and while she did that I investigated further the contents of the one drawer we left open.MoreLess
“That one.”
She pointed at a black rectangle a good deal smaller than a paperback, and when I picked it up and turned it over, sure enough, it had “Wizard” written on it in gold. I handed it to June who opened it like a book, laying it flat on the desk. The right-hand panel was covered with buttons and looked like an ultraversatile calculator. The left-hand side had a small screen at the top and a touch panel at the bottom with headings like “expense record,” “time accounting,” “report...s” and “reference.”
“It does everything,” June said. “It’s a diary, a phone directory, a memo pad, an appointments calendar, an accounts keeper ...”
“And does it have an alarm set to four-twenty?”
She switched the thing on, pressed three keys and showed me the screen. “Daily alarm,” it announced. “4:20 P.M., set.”
“Fair enough.”
For Annette the excitement seemed to be over. There were things she needed to see to, she said, and went away. June suggested she should tidy away all the gadgets and close all the drawers, and while she did that I investigated further the contents of the one drawer we left open.MoreLess
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Edgar G. 2 years ago
This is a good story. What about a safety deposit box with the password "DEREK"...??anananananananananananananana
Guest 7 months ago
It seems to be getting more clear that Loder's pal has been doping Dozen Roses, using the baster, and perhaps it isn't even the same horse, and that he is a prime suspect for the shooting on the road .Of course maybe the fancy Jeweller actually DID get some or all the diamonds and sees the opportunity to hang on to them. They were ordered for him, and maybe he'd already been sent them.
Guest 7 months ago
In a just previous book Francis specifically noted down that in Britain, there was NO diplomatic immunity and it caused much trouble with foreign diplomats who were used to getting it.Write Review:
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