The Night Listener And Others
“He brought to mind the more bloated of the corpses Hutchinson had seen in the morgue the day before. But the living man’s smile was broader, his skin not as gray. His bow was deeper than Hutchinson thought his girth would allow. The quayabera the man wore was huge, and simply embroidered. Beneath its sleeve Hutchinson noticed a gold Seiko watch that crimped the flesh of the wrist. “Mister Hutchinson?” the man said. His voice was light, and surprisingly gentle. Hutchinson nodded, and the man wen...t on in Spanish. “May I speak with you for a moment? In private?”Hutchinson turned to the young man from the embassy and to the younger, uniformed soldier, and motioned them ahead.“There is something, someone you seek here,” the man said to Hutchinson when they were alone.“Yes.”“He is a relative?”“No. The relative of a…” Hutchinson used the English word. “…a constituent.”“Please?”“Someone in my district,” he explained, and the man nodded.“Locke,” the man said.“Thomas Locke.MoreLess
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