《Grimes 022 The Anarch Lords 》作者：- A. Bertram Chandler【EPUB】

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THE ANARCH LORDSA. Bertram ChandlerChapter 1quotYou got off lightly Grimesquot said Rear Admiral Damien.Grimess prominent ears flushed angrily as he scowled at the older manacross the vast gleaming surface of the desk uncluttered save fortelephone read-out screen and the thick folder that must contain amongother documents relating to himself a transcript of the proceedings of therecent Court of Inquiry.quotYou got off lightly Grimesquot Damien repeated.His elbows on the desk the tips of his steepled skeletal fingers proppinghis great beak of a nose he stared severely at the owner and erstwhilemaster of the star tramp the privateer the pirate Sister Sue. Grimesthought irreverently If it werent for that schnozzle his face would look justlike a skull . . . Come to that his uniform tailor must use a skeleton for hisdummy . . .Briefly he entertained the ludicrous vision of a spidery tailorbot fussilymeasuring and recording scuttling around and over an assemblage of dryarticulated bones.He grinned.quotWhat are you thinking Grimesquot demanded Damien sharply.quotNothing sir.quotquotHa. Of course. Nothing that youd dare to tell me you mean. May I remindyou that the crime of Dumb Insolence with its penalties is still listed inSurvey Service Regulations despite all the efforts of the Human RightsLeague to have it removed And even though your Master AstronautsCertificate of Competency was suspended by the court you still hold yourSurvey Service Reserve commission. And you have not yet been releasedfrom Active Duty.quotquotI was under the impression sirquot said Grimes stiffly quotthat my ReserveOfficers commission was a secret.quotquotWas-and is. But I know your status. I can still throw the book at you if Ifeel like it.quot Then Damien allowed himself a grin and briefly looked