标题: 《Retief Internal Affair 》作者： - Keith Laumer【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-9-3 20:02 标题: 《Retief Internal Affair 》作者： - Keith Laumer【EPUB】 Internal Affair 1 "The Terran Ambassador to Quahogg," said the Undersecretary solemnly, "has disappeared." Career Minister Magnan, seated opposite his chief across the wide, gold-plated Category 2-b VIP desk, cocked his narrow head in a look of alert incomprehension. "For a moment, sir," he said, "I thought you said the Terran Ambassador had, ha-ha, disappeared." "Of course I said he's disappeared," the Undersecretary barked. "Vanished. Dropped from sight!" "But that's impossible," Magnan said reasonably. "Are you calling me a liar, or an idiot, you idiot?" the senior bureaucrat roared. "Mr. Magnan is merely expressing his astonishment, Mr. Undersecretary," First Secretary Retief said in a calming tone. "Perhaps if you'd give us a little more background it would help lower his credulity threshold." "What background? Ambassador Wrothwax was dispatched a week ago at the head of a small mission accredited