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“There isn't much to tell so far,” he said. “I've had calls from most of the wire services and from several newspapers. They all wanted to know what was going on. I told them what I could, but it wasn't much. One of the TV stations over in Elmore is sending a mobile camera unit. The phone was still ringing when I left the house and I suppose there are calls coming into the office, too.

— Пока что рассказывать особенно нечего,  — сказал он.  — Меня вызывали очень многие телеграфные агентства и несколько газет.

“I think we can expect that the news media will pay a lot of attention to the situation here and there's no question in my mind that the state and federal governments will take a hand in it, and if I understand it rightly, more than likely the scientific community will have a considerable interest, as well.

The man who had the highway job spoke up again. “Joe, you think them science fellows can get it figured out?”

“I don't know,” said Joe.

Надо думать, газеты и радио уже не выпустят нас из виду, не сомневаюсь, что и власти штата, и правительство не бросят нас на произвол судьбы. Как я понимаю, нашим положением всерьез заинтересуются и научные круги.

— А, по-твоему, эта ученая братия сумеет нас выручить?  — спросил все тот же дорожный рабочий.

— Не знаю,  — ответил Джо.

Hiram Martin had pushed his way through the crowd and was crossing the street. He had a purposeful look about hint and I wondered what he could be up to. Someone else was asking a question, but the sight of Hiram had distracted me and I lost the gist of it.

“Brad,” said someone at my elbow.

Сквозь толпу протолкался Хайрам Мартин и деловито зашагал через улицу. Куда это он собрался?

Кто-то еще спрашивал о чем-то мэра, но озабоченный вид Хайрама отвлек меня, и я прослушал, о чем речь.

— Брэд,  — раздалось над ухом.

I looked around.

Hiram was standing there. The trucker, I saw, had left.

“Yes,” I said. “What is it?”

Я обернулся.

Рядом стоял Хайрам. Шофер грузовика еще раньше куда-то скрылся.

— Что тебе?  — спросил я.

“If you got the time,” said Hiram. “I'd like to talk with you.”

“Go ahead,” I said. “I have the time.”

He jerked his head toward the village hall.