The Mordida Man
“Not many of today’s yachts had stacks raked like the one that had docked that morning. The old man remembered the yacht well, from when it had been built in Valletta under British supervision twenty-five years ago. Or was it twenty-six?
They had built it for the King, he remembered. The King of Libya. He tried to remember the King’s name, but couldn’t, so he gave up and felt content just to sit there on the quay with his back against the sun-warmed wooden crate and let his mind wander as he wat...ched the three customs officials file aboard the yacht.
When the three customs officials hurried off the yacht less than ten minutes later, the old man suspected that each was probably richer by a few quid. He couldn’t blame them. After all, who could really devote himself to a job that required harassing the rich and the powerful? And certainly the Libyans were now both.
The old man didn’t much care for the Libyans, who had been swarming over Malta in recent years with their big talk and their big plans and their oil millions—although the big talk had lessened in recent months.MoreLess
They had built it for the King, he remembered. The King of Libya. He tried to remember the King’s name, but couldn’t, so he gave up and felt content just to sit there on the quay with his back against the sun-warmed wooden crate and let his mind wander as he wat...ched the three customs officials file aboard the yacht.
When the three customs officials hurried off the yacht less than ten minutes later, the old man suspected that each was probably richer by a few quid. He couldn’t blame them. After all, who could really devote himself to a job that required harassing the rich and the powerful? And certainly the Libyans were now both.
The old man didn’t much care for the Libyans, who had been swarming over Malta in recent years with their big talk and their big plans and their oil millions—although the big talk had lessened in recent months.MoreLess
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