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JUMP TO NOWHERE
Chapter 4
AS IT IS POSSIBLE TO CONTAIN A LOT OF THINGS IN SMALL
ОглавлениеToday last day…
Ellen drops on the earth of several broken roses and does not notice it.
The aunt ordered to get ready for a trip. “You can select things weight
on centner, and gram more, – she told. – You can take everything that
it is pleasant to you also that you consider it necessary”.
Ellen entered the country lock of lady Hinton from a garden on wide
to white stone ladder. Family crests over doors with cut from
gray stone lions were corroded winds and rains of four centuries.
Four hundred years sharp-toothed, oskalenny mouths of animals protected rest of the lock. And
now it is necessary to leave all to the mercy of fate if only to save themselves…
Winter garden. Fountains in marble reservoirs murmur, birds chirp.
Artificial grottoes, small falls among greens. Palm trees, cactuses
vsevozmozhneyshy types. The most valuable collection of orchids collected by her grandfather in
that time when orchids became fashionable in England and for rare copies
paid gold heaps. Some fancy copies of these exotic
flowers had the history. To receive them, courageous hunters
behind orchids went to the wild woods of the Central Africa and Southern
America, battled against savages, animals, died of fever, stings
dragon. Some of them were burned on fires, eaten by cannibals,
died of the poisoned arrows. When this watered with blood extraordinary,
as if brought from other planet, plants appeared in the capital
Great Britain, on them new hunting – hunting capital began
the aristocrats-snobs trying to catch any price in the
collection the most original and beautiful flowers. Her grandfather then bought up
the best copies, came to admire its collection from different
countries. How many works and money were cost by this winter garden!
Behind a garden the art gallery began. Entrances and exits protect
terrible knights from whom there was only a brilliant cover. They not
will lift heavy swords in protection of the lock, will not cross copies for
honor of ladies of the heart…
Hall of easel painting. Reysdal, Rosetti, Flemings, Dutches,
Spaniards, Italians. Whether not to take what from this room? Some
peace Dutch landscape?. No!
In the dining room – hills of ancient porcelain, crystal, Venetian
color glass. Unless it is possible to take these fragile things in the rocket?
Library. Books are hated it. By!.
Narrow dark corridors Ellen passed to wardrobe rooms. Here
smelled of naphthalene. Cases contained the whole history of a suit. Ellen
removed doors and looked inside. Silk, velvet, heavy brocade,
gold sewing, pearls… And what sizes! As if wore these dresses
the died-out breed of giants. Ellen reached own clothes,
where the dresses sewed for it by the best tailors were stored. To take, to be
can, this gray silk dress? Or this black, output?
Ball – steel color? To what? Evening receptions, theaters… All this
“there” it is not necessary…
Many hours she wandered about the house. Took one thing in hand and, forgetting about
to it, mechanically put back, went further.
It turned out as a result that she loves nothing and it is not tied to anything.
Ellen has no lovely, expensive things. But why then she so dreamed about
inheritance? In what business? She could not understand it.
With bitterness she entered the room of lady Hinton. The aunt sat at a desk
mahogany and, as the usurer accepting gold in a mortgage
weighed diamonds on pharmaceutical scales.
For Ellen it was day of revelations. Having found the aunt behind this occupation,
Ellen suddenly felt that she hates her and despises. These feelings
long ago were concealed in her soul and now emerged on a surface.
– Selected? – lady Hinton asked.
– Selected nothing, – the girl answered and took seat behind the aunt at
fireplace.
– Why?
– Because I do not know what to select.
– You do not know?
– I do not know! – with extraordinary sharpness Ellen answered. – Any thing
does not interest me, does not stop my attention.
– Choose as I choose. To Earth we still will return when passes
general madness, I firmly trust in it. But what we leave here
it is necessary to consider lost. However, I disposed to hide some
jewelry. In cellars of the lock there are hiding places about which nobody not
suspects. There are storerooms in which it is possible to immure something. Something
it will be dug in a garden, something will be lowered in a well. But unless on servants
it is possible to rely? Means, it is necessary to count only that we can
to take with itself. The centner is after all much if to choose efficiently.
It is necessary to take the smallest by the size and weight of a thing and the most expensive.
Watch how I arrive. – And lady Hinton showed a chubby hand on a heap
the values lying before it on a table.
– I have no your abilities, – noticed Ellen.
– Study. From dresses, linen at least selected something?
– Henry says that it is only excess freight. In Stormer-city
special suits for the rocket are produced. There it will be so warm,
that to put on an excess dress it would be just unhygienic.
– Hygienists! Tell Henry that I will refuse flight if they are
to walk there in indecent suits. Take several dresses, it is more
linen, hat, galoshes, umbrella.
– And galoshes, umbrella, what for?
– They are going to land us on some comet…
– To the planet, aunt.
– Do not interrupt. And if there the rain is or slush?
– Henry advises winter suits to take. It is possible that it is necessary to us
to land on the planet with a frigid climate.
– Let do not land on such. Can choose become warmer. I do not take out
cold weather.
– Today this question will be discussed still.
– You reminded me. Whether rooms for guests are prepared? How many
the person is expected?
– Person twenty. I already disposed.
– And lunch?
– Everything is ready, the aunt.
Now there was not such time to receive guests. But it was also not
standard practice. In the country lock of lady Hinton had to gather
some participants of the forthcoming flight, to discuss very important
questions. So far it was not still precisely solved on what
the planet the crew of “ark” will land. On this congress expected arrival
several most visible astronomers. Well paid them for consultation and
for silence. Except the closest participants of flight, nobody has to know about
“ark”.
It would seem what can be urgency in astronomy where time
it is estimated in billions of years where everything from the terrestrial point of view is firm?
Steadily planets move on the orbits, steadily follow the
in the ways periodically appearing comets… Or astronomers waited for one of
such rare guests, like Galley’s comet, or were trapped full
solar eclipse?. No, not comets and solar eclipses absorbed them
time. They were really extremely busy. Astronomy – science about
the far sky – it was very close to some terrestrial affairs.
Great mathematicians, experts on heavenly mechanics, they were mobilized
for work on superartillery and superaircraft. “The last Mohicans”
capitalism feverishly prepared for war, preparing for the opponent “surprises”
in the form of rocket shells, military stratoplan, superlong-range guns
and other. And scientists jealously carried out charged to them especially scientific
business…
But, working for those who were executed by animal rage and thirst of fight
and destructions, scientists could not refuse the last service and that who
wanted to run from fight. And, having bargained, they accepted favorable
offer.
That minute when lady Hinton was engaged in weighing of the
family values, the philosopher Shnirer also sat in the office for
scales, but its scales were big, and it weighed not on carats, and on
tens of kilograms. On a table before it heaps of philosophical books lay. It
the library weighed not one centner. These books are so heavy! He decided to take
the best of them. From ancient philosophers Platon – it is unconditional, Aristotle —
under doubt. From new – certainly Kant, Schopenhauer, Spengler,
Bergson. But as this old man Kant weighs much! Perhaps, not to take them?
No, they will be necessary “there”.
Shnirer worked methodically, as always. At first made a marking
“the specific philosophical weight” of each philosopher, then noted
the “physical” weight of the book also accurately wrote down on the sheet of paper.
The door of an office was slightly opened, someone glanced through a crack.
– You do not work, the father? – asked Amelie, entering the room. Amelie
never entered to the father when that was busy. It were hours
religious rites. The daughter of the philosopher was excited, her cheeks burned
flush. Shnirer looked at the daughter over points and asked briefly:
– Sport?
– This time not. I saw Otto. The lieutenant Otto Ernst was
Amelie’s groom.
– Well and that? – Shnirer asked, weighing Descartes.
– We with it had a conversation…
– As I see, very hot.
– Yes. I suggested it to take part in flight. He answered that with
its parties it would be desertion. He told: “I have to remain
here, to win or die!” Otto convinced me to remain with him.
Descartes’s small volume trembled in Shnirer’s hand.
– Well, and that you answered? – he asked, trying to hide alarm.
– I answered it that I will follow you, the father. Shnirer frowned,
to hide joy:
– So. And Otto?
– Otto speaks, as you have no need to fly… And all these books you
you want to take with yourself? Whether you gather, the father to give lectures on
philosophies to Martians or inhabitants of Venus?
– If they exist and are rather developed for this purpose, then why to them
and not to get acquainted with philosophers of Earth? – Shnirer answered. – And to fly to me
it is necessary. And it for my part not desertion and not cowardice. On me
the holy duty lies – to keep wisdom of Earth. True philosophy,
thousand-year heritage of human culture. To all this, – he specified on
books, – terrible danger threatens. Who knows what treasures of a thought
were killed in fire at the fire of the Alexandria library? And now approaches
world fire. If communism wins, I think, these barbarians will burn everything
philosophical books, except books of the philosophers, – Shnirer was lop-sided on
fireplace. – The mankind will run wild and eventually will die: the car will exterminate
it. Around the world – understand, in all solar system, in all space! —
treasures of the human genius will remain only in our “ark”. If
we are not fated to return to Earth, we will land on some planet.
We will put the basis to new mankind, true culture – without cars,
without infection of materialistic philosophy, without policy and without workers
questions. – Shnirer became straight and became similar to the bible prophet. —
There, on new Earth, – it continued, having raised a finger up, – will be necessary
these books. They will become our tables of the covenant. And I will teach people to the truth.
Shnirer, this room scientist not capable to direct actions, all
served the class till last days. However, at this philosopher were
the scores with capitalism – cars. But also consisted in that
originality of its philosophy that he tried to resolve a circle quadrature about
capitalism without the equipment and machines. Generated by hopeless
contradictions, its philosophy was quite confused, but it used
success because carried out the social order of “Mohicans” and promised
some “exit” from the deadlock. Shnirer looked at himself nearly as
on the Messiah, designed to save capitalism from a loop and to remove it in
promised country of cloudless eternal prosperity. He seriously considered
itself the keeper of wisdom of Earth, that is that philosophy which is necessary
was for an ideological justification and the statement of its class. And this
to the idea it served selflessly. Only for the sake of it he decided to go in
this extraordinary risky travel. Only for the sake of it it – passionate
the opponent of cars – decided to resort to the help of the car, to send himself to it
the order to entrust it the “precious for mankind” life.
To escape from the car by car. He deeply and painfully felt it
contradiction, but did not see other exit.
– And if we return to Earth?
– Ives this case needs to keep books in the reliable place. And that
can be more reliable than “ark”? “They” can destroy books before
your Otto and his colleagues will destroy “them”. And I will return to Earth of its treasure.
I will bring these tables of wisdom from the sky and I will hand them to people as Moisey. I
I will educate the saddened human consciousness this! – It solemnly lifted
up a small volume of own philosophical treatise about malignancy
materialism. – I have to keep myself for mankind! – solemnly
he finished and already usual tone asked:
– You kept within?
– Still not. I go to gather, – Amelie told. She kissed the father in
cheek, passed to the room, opened a trunk and one minute threw there
volleyball, several tennis balls and rackets, two guns,
cartridges, bathing and sports suits, Hawaiian guitar, small
road toilet bag, two dresses, linen, the camera with a stock of films —
the word, everything that it took, going to ordinary “travel” —
to the resort.
***
The bishop Iov Weller got ready for a trip too. It should fly on
unknown planet. With this thought he, could reconcile in any way yet
to accustom.
Once on Saturday he peacefully sat, having gone deep into drawing up
the Sunday sermon, in the cozy apartment where lived two tens
years when the housekeeper reported that some person wants to see it.
Thinking that he is invited for execution of an occasional office, he told that
the visitor was let in.
The little restless person entered:
– I have honor to be presented. I am Henry Pinch. Representative of joint-stock
societies “Noah’s Ark” and personal secretary of the chairman of the board of Mr.
Samuel Stormer.
– This charitable society? – the bishop asked. He already forgot about
conversation in salon of lady Hinton.
– Not absolutely, – Pinch answered, taking seat in a chair and fidgeting in it. —
Though in some way it is possible to call it and charitable. Rescue
people from terrible death – whether this not good cause? You need to fly, the sir
bishop, as soon as possible.
– Where to fly? – Weller asked.
– On the sky.
The bishop was involuntarily removed to a chair back. That it, ridiculous joke
or ravings of a madman?
– I not absolutely understand you.
– I believed that you are rather prepared for this offer, —
Pinch answered, continuing to fidget in a chair. – Lady Hinton spoke…
The bishop remembered everything. But really it is serious?.
– I do not intend to fly on the sky! Perfect it intends! – the bishop told
such tone as if to it suggested to die. – To me to fly? Agree,
that it does not even match my dignity.
Пинч shrugged shoulders:
– I believe that it will not drop the advantage of your dignity. As
there were precedents… The prophet Ilya, for example, made flight to the sky.
Righteous person, prophet. On that time the prophet’s rank, I believe, meant not
it is less, than now the bishop.
– Yes, but., there was a God’s pleasure…
– And this pleasure of lady Hinton.
– I very much respect lady Hinton. This is the best sheep in my herd. But
it at me not one. I cannot leave the flock on eating up predatory
to wolves.
– And if the flock leaves you?.
The bishop sighed:
– I agree with you. Temples are visited less. But, as it is told in
the writing, “where one or two are brought together in my name, there and I in the middle of them”.
– In “ark” there will be twenty people. And when we will land on
some planet, to Mars or Venus, you will undertake a role
the apostle, announcing Christ’s doctrine to Martians or educating light
Gospel of inhabitants of Venus. Think only, you the first which will be with
the sermon of Christianity on other planets of solar system! And to be
can, god elects you for this mission.
– The almighty Lord, if finds necessary, can make it and other
in the way. But we will not concern so important theological questions, —
the bishop answered.
– Well, – continued Pinch, – it is admissible, you will refuse to fly,
despite insistent desire of lady Hinton who does not think of flight
without you. “The doctor is spiritual, – she says, – it is so necessary, as well as the doctor
corporal. Who will give to me advice, to direct “and a virtue path?
Who will make a ceremony of a wedding of lady Ellen with lord Henry Blotton?
Who will christen the been born children who will bury me if I die?”
Let’s say you will not obey these arguments and will remain. What waits for you
here? Perhaps, martyr death…
– I am ready to accept a martyr’s crown, – the bishop told, raising eyes to
to the sky. – But “yes this bowl will pass me”, – he whispered about himself.
– To remain on Earth, especially in your dignity, – Pinch was not appeased, —
extremely dangerously. In the country a tense situation. It is already the day before
revolutions, there is nothing to close eyes to it. – Пинч, having slid off on edge
chairs, continued by confidential tone:
– Lady Hinton received the most reliable news from the highest spheres that
falling of the power is expected any day. We not in forces to fight. It is impossible
to hesitate.
The bishop felt that sweat covers his forehead and cold runs on
to wide back.
– I am ready to everything, – he told.
Пинч took the leave and left.
The thought of missionary activity occupied the bishop. He did not trust in
existence of Martians, but on the new planet it would be among terrestrial
settlers the real father – Christ’s deputy. And unless without
Christianities, in general without religion it is possible to support a social order,
which provided also to it and his “sheep”, similar ladies Hinton, them
privileged position? But not only this “a high mission of the apostle”
forced it to decide to participate in flight. The bishop was frightened quickly
the developing events there is not less Shnirer and others. If revolution
will win, at its dignity it is necessary to it. Especially. perhaps, these
it was not necessary to tell sermons… And the prayer made by it about
the fastest death of communism? It even, speak, was with corresponding
with comments it is printed in their newspapers… No, to run, run… And it with
diligence began to select books of spiritual contents from the enough
big library. He put on a table already several big books when
phone cracked.
– Forgive for concern. Hallo! Yes! It again I, Pinch. I forgot
to warn you that if you decide to fly, hurry up to select things,
what you will find necessary to take with yourself, but it is no more than hundred kilograms.
Such is the order of our chief engineer. In “ark” everything is weighed
to the last gram.
The bishop with disappointment hung up.
It is no more than a centner. What complication! Except books, it is necessary to take
it is a lot of other things. He thought of the habits. Iov Weller loved
it is good to eat. What will feed in “ark” with? It will be necessary on everyone
to take a case with itself something for emergency. Even more the bishop loved and appreciated
thin wines and expensive liqueurs. They need absolutely to be taken. With the
stomach he did not get on as well as his best “sheep” – lady Hinton. To it
it was necessary to resort to laxatives, mainly to mineral
to waters. It is necessary to take at least a box of Zaltsbrunnen.
The bishop with despondency looked at the books which are spread out on a table and standing
on shelves. They one, probably, weigh more than a centner. It is necessary to select
the most necessary. The bishop called the housekeeper, ordered it to bring from the storeroom
bottles, banks of canned food, cookies boxes, banks with the oil condensed
milk also forced all this to weigh at itself. The housekeeper began to cry:
really the bishop considers her the thief? But at heart she was delighted:
the person who as she overheard, decided to depart, having thrown everything on
a destiny arbitrariness, would not begin to be engaged in economic trifles.
The hill with books on an episcopal table gradually thawed. At first it
put aside commentators and interpreters of the writing, then decided that
it is possible to do without history of ecumenical councils. Several tasty things and
warm jerseys forced to remove back on the book shelf of also some
Holy Fathers. Was already long after midnight when the bishop at last finished
selection. The voluminous chest was full. On the top pocket lay
Bible of the edition of the British bible society, and small breviary.
Apostles – those did also without it…
***
Dexterous agents of “Society of rescue from danger” hired all
new and new investors clients, gold flowed a wide stream in pockets
businessmen who had no objection to earn additionally and on rescue.
Collecting went to the road in the different ends of the world.
***
…There is such hour at dawn when the city polusmezhat tired for
put eyes. Show-windows and wide windows of cafe, a window which reflect die away
only gloss of streetlights. The movement of cars calms down.
In this hour on the city with speed limit long rushed
narrow brilliant limousine. It went to the building of the Central bank where
treasures of the largest capitalists were stored.
In a limousine sat, having leaned back on a seatback, Marshal de Terlonzh,
squeezing a small suitcase of yellow skin in hands.
The king of the exchange, obviously, waited in this inopportune for bank
operations hour. The car did not manage to approach to the bank building as silently
its side door opened. Marshal quickly went out of the car, almost
ran space to a door and sliped in a lobby. Bald,
the representative, stout man from the rest of curls on the head and humpbacked
respectfully met by a nose the banker and said in low tones:
– I ask you.
And they went along a long corridor accompanied by armed
watchmen.
They went down under the earth. The way went through the hugest fortress,
which was constructed ever by the person. Any Pharaoh would not think up
such unapproachable crypt in the depth of pyramids what these arches were
bank, lit throughout strong opaque electric
lamps.
By the hoist engine they went down on two floors and appeared before
massive steel door. Such door banks считав usually sufficient
protection of the hidden treasure. Here it was only the beginning of fortress.
Behind a door the small tunnel began. The tunnel came to an end steel
tower. The tower closed the tunnel, and the third floor of the cellar had an appearance of huge
the arch which is held down by reinforced concrete walls four and a half thick
meter.
– This tower weighs fourteen tons, – the guide explained, – and
it is set in motion by the special electric mechanism.
The elevator lowered night visitors to the most first floor. Here began
the whole labyrinth of halls, the courses, confidential boxes in the walls disguised
storerooms.
Steps of travelers were given in empty halls by a repeated echo. In one of
halls gold, gemstones, important documents – all was stored
stolen for years it was accumulated in these safes.
There was an underground lake above. If it was only required, water
lakes could be flooded all basement floor.
This most unapproachable fortress in the world is not built, and dug in
whole granite on which there is a city. Five years that were required
to finish rocky works.
Armies of burglars could use all the life on penetration
in fortress without any hope for success. And certainly, not against
burglars all these exclusive measures were undertaken: if enemy
will occupy the city, it, naturally, will direct to gold. Applying most
modern means for blasting fortresses, it should work
it is a lot of months <the description of this bank not fiction of the author. Similar bank,
for example, is in Paris (The French national bank).>.
According to instructions of the associate director of bank the watchman opened a steel door,
the leader to the small reinforced concrete room which walls were filled
fireproof boxes. Marshal opened one of them own key,
having picked up the figures which are previously located in a corresponding way on
the rotating ring.
Guides showed such bashfulness as if the banker was a girl,
going to bathe: as soon as it undertook the suitcase, they departed
for a door also staid all the time there while the banker took out the treasures and
moved them to a fireproof case. It were diamonds and ingots such
sizes what were not seen even by lady Hinton. In each of them was
fortune.
Having finished this operation, the banker closed a case, thanked the
satellites also left bank.
But on it its efforts did not end. Being going to leave Earth, it
cared more that will remain on Earth, than about unusual
baggage.
The banker did not trust even the superfortress. It ideally protects from
thieves? Well. From enemy attack? Perfectly. But whether it can
to protect from revolution?. Attack of enemies on the city not so disturbed
the banker, as revolution and fear to lose the riches frightened.
No walls and underground hiding places will save then treasure of bankers. And
he decided to hide the most valuable that it had, in two places.
He had to make one more trip with the authorized representative,
the friend Ribot on whom he relied, as on itself (himself), to Andorra,
small republic close to Spain. This republic
has only four hundred twenty five square kilometers of the area and
six villages of the population. Surrounded from all directions with unapproachable
mountains, having only one good road through the Spanish border, this
the remote corner of Europe was chosen long ago by Marshal.
Several years ago he bought the abandoned site in Andorra
lands in the deserted area, near the Pyrenean mountains. Here, in the gorge,
the large share of richness of the March la was secretly buried. Iron chests
were deeply dug in different places and are filled up with stones.
If at least one such treasure remains, the banker will be able upon return on
The earth to begin business again. By then, according to the baron,
revolution will be suppressed.
A lot of money for bribery of bank was necessary to spend Marshalya
workers, that large withdrawal did not appear in books and at all not
it would be revealed before flying away of the banker.
Marshal de Terlinzh could fly quietly.
***
Collecting to the road brought the greatest trouble upon Semuel Stormer. But to us
it is necessary to tell before several words about that way which brought in
“Noah’s Ark” of the new participant who quickly seized all threads
managements of “Joint-stock company” and the chairman who moved forward on a post
boards. It possessed also an initiative of creation of the whole squadron
“arks” for rescue of capitalists of the other countries.
Semuel Stormer was once one of the richest people, the member
eighty five joint-stock companies, chairman of sixty others
and away, and so forth. Said about it that it “keeps half of Europe in waistcoat
pocket’. Stormer’s power was present ‘the state in
state”. More than fifteen million people in the different countries
were supplied with Stormer’s companies gas, electricity, coal.
Welfare of millions of small shares holders was in his hands.
– The most difficult was to extract the first million, – ordinary spoke
Stormer to reporters, telling a story of the wealth, – to get
the rest was already easy.
Production of actions was system of this easy getting.
But crisis broke also this colossus.
Operation of the typographical machine making all new and new actions
and military orders did not save either Stormer, or his fellows, and only on
some time removed their final death.
And Stormer decided, what is the best of all, having hidden solid cash,
to disappear, depart “on heaven”.
It unexpectedly like interest to., to a classical antiquity also went
through Paris to Athens to study ancient art of Greece. “Incidentally”
Greece was not connected by the extradition treaty of criminals.
Flight of Stormer and his brother caused noise in the country. Government
demanded Stormer’s delivery from Greece. It was arrested and forwarded in
prison – in the camera arranged better than any salon aristocratic
hotels.
However for other morning when Stormer still stretched in a bed, to
to it the chief of prison and the Athenian lawyer, in most entered the camera
refined expressions apologized for the happened misunderstanding and
declared that it is free. He was obliged by it to the Greek millionaire,
invested the capital in Stormer’s enterprises.
But Stormer did not forget a lesson. It grasped the idea of “Noah’s Ark”. It
the scent said to him that on this business it is possible to profit. Unless one
Stormer is in a stalemate? And it with energy inherent in it
undertook affairs of “Noah’s Ark”, at once having put them in a big way and in that
time actively preparing for final elimination come in
the deadlock put. Induced to leave Earth it not only danger
the coming revolution. Revolution bore to it crash. Any day could
to emerge on a surface dark affairs, briberies, forgeries and even something
it is worse what at best threatened Stormer with full bankruptcy. But
that bankruptcy if direct threatened his life
danger? To leave Earth was for it the best outcome.
Stormer decided to set fire to the palace before flying away and to dramatize
own death in a flame. Thus many will be destroyed
the documents compromising him, and the case of it is dismissed for it
“death”. Everything was prepared for it.
Stormer should have held on by all means before
time, having kept visibility of prosperity. Therefore he could not withdraw from
addresses as Marshal, considerable part of the gold reserves.
And still he prepared a weighty suitcase. But he did not want to leave
to its Earth. He considered the earth insufficiently safe place since
danger of revolution became a reality.
And he asked Zander whether it is impossible to make at least part of the rocket of him
gold. Zander explained that it is impossible. Gold is even softer than silver.
It melts at one thousand sixty two degrees Celsius whereas
iron – at one thousand five hundred. The surface of the rocket at flight through
the atmosphere is exposed to strong heating.
– We risk to burn down in our gold rocket or to be flattened out at
to landing. The strongest refractory grades are necessary for a cover of the rocket
special steel.
Stormer was disappointed and is even offended. For the first time it was necessary to it
to hear that gold is put below steel.
– Well, and on internal hand-made articles?
– It is possible, though is unprofitable: gold too massivno, increases
dead freight. On gazo-and water pipes, perhaps, it is possible to use
this metal if you insist.
– On the sewerage, can be? – being indignant with such profanation
“golden calf”, Stormer asked.
– And at least and for bathrooms, – Zander quietly answered. – In the sky other
quotation of values.
Also settled upon that: in “Noah’s Ark” of a pipe and some details
the equipment will be made of gold.