THREE:CHAPTER XVIII. NO PEACE FOR SI AND SHORTY... The story behind all of this is simple enough. The takeover Gogarty and Ramsbotham have been trying to pull is interfering with practical business. Frankly, AMP'S competitors are happy enough to jump in and stir the pot: I think they've been buying up Senators here and there (for which there is, God knows, enough precedent; the entire Senate hasn't been bought since the Dedrick mutiny forty years back but you don't need the entire Senate if you have a few key men, and I've always thought Dedrick's lawyers were wasteful), and beyond what the competition's been active in, there are always the fanatics. Freedom for allyou know the sort of thing.
每逢长假,总有那么一群人选择远离人山人海,静静地呆在家,坐在电脑电视前。长时间的工作学习让他们感觉很疲惫,对什么都提不起劲,打开电脑却不知道干什么好…