标题: 《Grimes 021 Star Loot》作者： - A. Bertram Chandler【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-4-22 15:53 标题: 《Grimes 021 Star Loot》作者： - A. Bertram Chandler【EPUB】 STAR LOOT A. Bertram Chandler Chapter 1 For the first time in his life Grimes was rich. But money, he was coming to realize, does not buy happiness. Furthermore it is, far too often, a very expensive commodity. It has to be paid for and the price can be high. The cost of his newly acquired wealth was Little Sister, the beautiful, golden, deep-space pinnace that had been given him by the Baroness Michelle d'Estang. He had hated parting with his tiny ship but financial circumstances had been such that there was almost no option. The fortunes of Far Traveler Couriers were at an extremely low ebb and Grimes, long notorious for his hearty appetite, wanted to go on eating. At first the courier business had been moderately successful. There seemed to be no shortage of small parcels of special cargo to be carted, at high freight rates, hither and yon across the known galaxy. Then the commercial climate deteriorated and Grimes gained the impression that nobody at all wanted anything taken anywhere in a hurry and at a price. His last employment had been the carriage of a small shipment of memory-and-motivation units from Electra to Austral, the consignee