'Money!' he said in a high-pitched squeak. The little one pushed his reflector sunglasses in place, walked forward and deposited an identical case beside it. 'Hello,' the tall man said to Stine, banging down a black case on the counter. The boy in the blue hat turned slowly and began to walk towards the exit, so preoccupied with counting money that he didn't see the two men. The tall man moved as if he were stepping over puddles, while the little one had the rolling gait of someone who has acquired more muscle than he can accommodate. The men ran over to the corner where Stine was sitting. Harry checked his watch and began to count. At that moment the door opened and two men, one tall, the other short, wearing the same overalls, strode into the bank. She also informed him that she worked in the bank, and he didn't, so on that note perhaps they should bring the discussion to a close. The woman was waiting to be served by fru Brćnne, who was loudly explaining to a man on the telephone that he couldn't charge someone else's account unless the account holder had signed an agreement to that effect. Harry couldn't see, but he knew that in front of position number 3 there was a woman with a pram, which she was rocking, probably to distract herself, as the child was asleep. Theĭiamond on the ring finger of her left hand glistened as she placed each note on the counter. Stine Grette sat at position number 1, counting out 730 Norwegian kroner for a boy in a blue woollen hat who had just given her a money order. It was 15.17 now, and finally it was August Schulz's turn. Harry couldn't see the face of the cashier, but he knew he was staring at the old man with a mixture of sympathy and irritation. A brown walking stick hung over his right forearm and his left hand gripped a bank giro he was holding out for the short-haired young man at position number 2. The impression of a mechanical doll was reinforced by the fact that his arms were bent perpendicularly at the elbow and thrust forward. And the stiff knees were the result of a fall from a Ringveien footbridge which he used on his daily visits to his daughter. Harry knew that August Schulz was eighty-one years old and an ex-clothes retailer who had lived all his life in Majorstuen, apart from a period he spent in Auschwitz during the War. One of those pensioners of whom Majorstuen seems to be full. Beneath it: tweed jacket, tie and worn grey trousers with a needle-sharp crease.
#DOCTOR WHO PICKLOCKING THE PHONEBOX PLUS#
Hat plus elegant grey overcoat in dire need of a clean. The low October sun is reflected in the wing mirror of a car driving away in the rush hour. Outside the window, in Bogstadveien, the Friday crowds hurry past. Harry looked at the clock on the white wall above the exit. As if he were frightened to lose contact with the ground and float away into space. THE comical short steps, the stiff movements, the dead, black eyes and the shoes shuffling along the parquet floor. Everyone asks what the meaning of life is, but no one asks about the meaning of death.Ģ The Astronaut THE OLD MAN REMINDED HARRY OF AN ASTRONAUT.
We could have turned this life into something good, you and I. If you can see light at the end of the tunnel, it may be a spit of flame. I'm staring down the muzzle of a gun and I know that's where it will come from. I may have been heading this way all the time without realising.
THAT WASN'T THE plan, not my plan, anyway. Pluvianus Aegyptius 35 SOS 36 Waltzing Matilda 37 Spiuni Gjerman 38 Fusiform Gyrus 39 Glock 40 Bonnie Tyler Part VI 41 S2MN 42 Kebab 43 Ramona 44 Patrin 45 The Art of War 46 Medea 47 Phosphorescence 48 Heinrich Schirmer 49 Stone Roses 50 Ekeberg Ridge 51 Sans Souci About the Author Other Books by Jo Nesbř Credits Cover Copyrightġ The Plan I'M GOING TO DIE. Nemesis Jo Nesbř Translated from the Norwegian by Don BartlettĬontents Map Part I 1 The Plan 2 The Astronaut 3 The House of Pain 4 The Echo 5 Nemesis 6 Chilli 7 White King 8 Jalalabad 9 The Fog 10 Sorgenfrigata 11 The Illusion Part II 12 Freitod 13 Marble 14 Luckġ5 Gadjo 16 Namco G-Con 45 17 Arabia's Tears 18 A Wonderful Day 19 The Shoes on the Wire Part III 20 The Landing 21 Monopoly 22 America 23 Horsehead Nebula 24 Săo Paulo 25 Baksheesh Part IV 26 D'Ajuda 27 Edvard Grieg 28 Lava Pe 29 Room 316 30 Vibrate Mode 31 Maglite Part V 32 David Hasselhoff 33 Dysosmia 34
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