Who's On First
“It might very well not work, in which case the alternative plan, concededly less expeditious, would be put into operation the next day. So much depended on whether Soviet-trained Russians could act spontaneously. Vadim thought it workable. “On the second hand, I do not know Viksne. If he is one hundred percent the martinet, then we might have our trouble.”
“If he’s one hundred percent martinet,” Rufus had answered, “what would he do? Order another bus? From where? There are no streetcars to the... Grand from there. They’ve got to take taxis. It’s certainly too far to walk.”
Blackford was dressed in a black beret and the blue painter’s smock so common among French taxi drivers. He was eating slowly, visibly, from a lunch box and from time to time filling a small glass from an unmarked half liter of red wine. He had resolved that if addressed by anyone he would speak the few words of French he knew in a heavy German accent, there being a couple of dozen Germans who drove cabs in Paris.MoreLess
“If he’s one hundred percent martinet,” Rufus had answered, “what would he do? Order another bus? From where? There are no streetcars to the... Grand from there. They’ve got to take taxis. It’s certainly too far to walk.”
Blackford was dressed in a black beret and the blue painter’s smock so common among French taxi drivers. He was eating slowly, visibly, from a lunch box and from time to time filling a small glass from an unmarked half liter of red wine. He had resolved that if addressed by anyone he would speak the few words of French he knew in a heavy German accent, there being a couple of dozen Germans who drove cabs in Paris.MoreLess
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