IfI'dhadagun (Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ Ρ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ; gunβ ΠΎΠ³Π½Π΅ΡΡΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΎΡΡΠΆΠΈΠ΅, ΡΡΠΆΡΠ΅; ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ, ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ²Π΅Ρ)! I thought (Π΄ΡΠΌΠ°Π» Ρ). If only Iβdhadagun (Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ Ρ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ)! I couldhaveendedhisrotten, miserableliferightthenifI'donly hadagun (Ρ Π±Ρ ΡΠΌΠΎΠ³ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠΈΡΡ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ³Π½ΠΈΠ²ΡΡΡ, ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΊΡΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½Ρ ΠΏΡΡΠΌΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΌ, Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ Ρ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ)!
attack [q'txk], double ['dAbl], pulse [pAls]
The man sweating the jack flagged me, but Dolan wasn't the only one capable of dismissal. I looked indifferently beyond the arm-waver, wishing him a heart attack or a stroke or, best of all, both at the same time. I drove on β but my head pulsed and throbbed, and for a few moments the mountains on the horizon seemed to double and even treble.
If I'd had a gun! I thought. If only Iβd had a gun! I could have ended his rotten, miserable life right then if I'd only had a gun!
Miles later some sort of reason reasserted itself (ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π· Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ ΠΌΠΈΠ»Ρ ΠΊΠΎ ΠΌΠ½Π΅ Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠ»ΡΡ Π·Π΄ΡΠ°Π²ΡΠΉ ΡΠΌΡΡΠ»: Β«ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ·ΠΆΠ΅ Π½Π΅ΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΎΡΡ Π·Π΄ΡΠ°Π²ΠΎΠΌΡΡΠ»ΠΈΡ Π²Π½ΠΎΠ²Ρ Π·Π°ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ» ΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅Β»). If I'd had a gun (Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ Ρ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ), the only thing I could have been sure of was getting myself killed (Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ΅, ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π±Ρ Ρ Π±Ρ Π½Π°Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΊΠ° Π΄ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ: Β«Π² ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ Π±Ρ Π±ΡΡΡ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½Β» β ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ Π±Ρ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ). If I'd had a gun (Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ Ρ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ) I could have pulled over (Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ Π±Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ΅Ρ Π°ΡΡ ΠΈ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΡΡΡ; topull over β ΡΡΠ΅Π·ΠΆΠ°ΡΡ Π½Π° ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΡΠΈΠ½Ρ ΠΈ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½Π°Π²Π»ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ) when the man using the bumper-jack beckoned me (ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΏΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ Ρ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠΌ: Β«ΠΌΡΠΆΡΠΈΠ½Π°, ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΡΡΡΠΈΠΉ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠΊΡΠ°Ρ Π΄Π»Ρ Π±Π°ΠΌΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ°Β», ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ°Ρ Π°Π» ΠΌΠ½Π΅ ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ;tobeckonβ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΠΊΠΈΠ²ΠΊΠΎΠΌ Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Ρ; ΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΡ, Π΄Π΅Π»Π°ΡΡ Π·Π½Π°ΠΊ /ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ, ΠΏΠ°Π»ΡΡΠ΅ΠΌ/), and gotten out (Π²ΡΠ»Π΅Π·ΡΠΈ ΠΈΠ· ΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Ρ; togetout), and begun spraying bullets wildly around the deserted landscape (ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΏΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π±Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ½Π½ΠΎΠΌΡ Π»Π°Π½Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΡΡ: Β«ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΠ°ΡΡ Π΄ΠΈΠΊΠΎ ΡΠ°Π·Π±ΡΡΠ·Π³ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ/ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΡΠ»ΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎ Π»Π°Π½Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ½ΠΈΒ»). I might have wounded someone (ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅Ρ Π±ΡΡΡ, Ρ Π±Ρ /Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅/ ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ-ΡΠΎ ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ»). Then I would have been killed and buried in a shallow grave (Π·Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ Π±Ρ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡ ΠΎΡΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π² Π½Π΅Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ»Π΅; shallow β ΠΌΠ΅Π»ΠΊΠΈΠΉ, ΠΌΠ΅Π»ΠΊΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΡΠΉ; Π½Π΅Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΠΈΠΉ), and Dolan would have gone on escorting the beautiful women (Π° ΠΠΎΠ»Π°Π½ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ°Π» Π±Ρ ΡΡ Π°ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π·Π° ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Π°ΠΌΠΈ; togoonβ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ°ΡΡ; toescortβ ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π²ΠΎΠΉ, ΡΡΠΊΠΎΡΡ; ΡΡ Π°ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ) and making pilgrimages between Las Vegas and Los Angeles in his silver Cadillac (ΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π³ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ΅Π·Π΄ΠΊΠΈ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΠΠ°Ρ-ΠΠ΅Π³Π°ΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΠΎΡ-ΠΠ½Π΄ΠΆΠ΅Π»Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌ Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΌ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π±ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΌ Β«ΠΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠ»Π»Π°ΠΊΠ΅Β») while the desert animals unearthed my remains (Π° ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅ΠΌ Π·Π²Π΅ΡΠΈ ΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ½ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΠΎΠΏΠ°Π»ΠΈ Π±Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠΈ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΊΠΈ; earth β Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ»Ρ; toearthβ Π·Π°ΠΊΠ°ΠΏΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ, Π·Π°ΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ; remainsβ ΠΎΡΡΠ°ΡΠΊΠΈ; ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΊΠΈ) and fought over my bones under the cold moon (ΠΈ Π΄ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π±Ρ Π·Π° ΠΌΠΎΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ Ρ ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ; tofight). For Elizabeth there would have been no revenge β none at all (ΠΠ»ΠΈΠ·Π°Π±Π΅Ρ Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»Π° Π±Ρ ΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΡΠ΅Π½Π° β Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΈΠΌ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΠΌ: Β«Π΄Π»Ρ ΠΠ»ΠΈΠ·Π°Π±Π΅Ρ Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π±Ρ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠΌΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ β Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΒ»).
The men who traveled with him were trained to kill (ΠΏΠ°ΡΠ½Π΅ΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π°Π»ΠΈ Π΅Π³ΠΎ: Β«ΠΏΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π»ΠΈ Ρ Π½ΠΈΠΌΒ», ΡΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ;to trainβ ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ/ΡΡ/, Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΡ/ΡΡ/, ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ/ΡΡ/). I was trained to teach third-graders (ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ ΡΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Π²Π°ΡΡ ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ΠΊΠ»Π°ΡΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌ).
bullet ['bulIt], wounded ['wHndId], earth [WT]
Miles later some sort of reason reasserted itself. If I'd had a gun, the only thing I could have been sure of was getting myself killed. If I'd had a gun I could have pulled over when the man using the bumper-jack beckoned me, and gotten out, and begun spraying bullets wildly around the deserted landscape. I might have wounded someone. Then I would have been killed and buried in a shallow grave, and Dolan would have gone on escorting the beautiful women and making pilgrimages between Las Vegas and Los Angeles in his silver Cadillac while the desert animals unearthed my remains and fought over my bones under the cold moon. For Elizabeth there would have been no revenge β none at all.
The men who traveled with him were trained to kill. I was trained to teach third-graders.
This was not a movie (ΡΡΠΎ Π½Π΅ ΠΊΠΈΠ½ΠΎ), I reminded myself as I returned to the highway (Π½Π°ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΈΠ» Ρ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠ»ΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅) and passed an orange END CONSTRUCTION THE STATE OF NEVADA THANKS YOU! sign (ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΅Ρ Π°Π» ΠΎΡΠ°Π½ΠΆΠ΅Π²ΡΠΉ Π·Π½Π°ΠΊ Β«ΠΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ ΡΡΡΠΎΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡ. Π¨ΡΠ°Ρ ΠΠ΅Π²Π°Π΄Π° Π±Π»Π°Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°ΡΠΈΡ Π²Π°Ρ!Β»). And if I ever made the mistake of confusing reality with a movie (ΠΈ Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ Ρ ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π°-Π½ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ΄Ρ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠ» ΠΎΡΠΈΠ±ΠΊΡ, ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΏΡΡΠ°Π² ΡΠ΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ Ρ ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠΌΠΎΠΌ), of thinking that a balding third-grade teacher with myopia could ever be Dirty Harry anywhere outside of his own daydreams (Π΄ΡΠΌΠ°Ρ, ΡΡΠΎ Π»ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Ρ ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΊΠ»Π°ΡΡΠ°, Ρ Π±Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΎΡΡΡΡ, ΠΌΠΎΠ³ Π±Ρ ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ Β«ΠΡΡΠ·Π½ΡΠΌ ΠΠ°ΡΡΠΈΒ» Π³Π΄Π΅-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ Π·Π° ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅Π»Π°ΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠΉ; daydream βΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ°), there would never be any revenge, ever (Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π½Π΅ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΡΡΡ: Β«ΡΠ°ΠΌ Π½Π΅ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ΄Π΅Ρ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΒ»).
But couldthere be revenge, ever (Π½ΠΎ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½Π° Π»ΠΈ ΡΡΠ° ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π²ΠΎΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅; everβ Π²ΡΠ΅Π³Π΄Π°, Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ; ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π°-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ, Π² ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ ΡΠΈΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ)? Could there be (Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½Π° Π»ΠΈ)?
My idea of creating a fake detour was as romantic and unrealistic (ΠΌΠΎΡ ΡΠ°Π½ΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΡ ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΠΈ Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅Π·Π΄Π° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΈ Π½Π΅ΡΠ΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ; fakeβ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΡΠ°Π»ΡΡΠΈΠ²ΡΠΉ) as the idea of jumping out of my old Buick and spraying the three of them with bullets (ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π½ΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΡ ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠΌ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Ρ Π²ΡΡΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠ²Π°Ρ ΠΈΠ· ΠΌΠΎΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Β«Π±ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Β» ΠΈ ΠΎΡΡΠΏΠ°Ρ ΡΡΠΈΡ ΡΡΠΎΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΠ»ΡΠΌΠΈ: Β«ΡΠ°Π·Π±ΡΡΠ·Π³ΠΈΠ²Π°Ρ Π² ΡΡΠΎΠΈΡ ΠΈΠ· Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΠ»ΡΠΌΠΈΒ») β me, who had not fired a gun since the age of sixteen (Ρ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ ΡΡΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ» Π² ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ°Π·, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΌΠ½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ½Π°Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΡ: Β«ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ Π½Π΅ Π²ΡΡΡΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠ» ΠΈΠ· ΡΡΠΆΡΡ Ρ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ° ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ½Π°Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΒ»; fireβ ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ½Ρ; tofireβ ΡΡΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡ) and who had never fired a handgun (ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π½Π΅ ΡΡΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ» ΠΈΠ· ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ»Π΅ΡΠ°; handgunβ ΠΎΠ³Π½Π΅ΡΡΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΎΡΡΠΆΠΈΠ΅, ΠΈΠ· ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΡΡΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ /ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ²Π΅Ρ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ/).
myopia [maI'qupIq], highway ['haIweI], age [eIG]
This was not a movie, I reminded myself as I returned to the highway and passed an orange END CONSTRUCTION THE STATE OF NEVADA THANKS YOU! sign. And if I ever made the mistake of confusing reality with a movie, of thinking that a balding third-grade teacher with myopia could ever be Dirty Harry anywhere outside of his own daydreams, there would never be any revenge, ever.
But could there be revenge, ever? Could there be?
My idea of creating a fake detour was as romantic and unrealistic as the idea of jumping out of my old Buick and spraying the three of them with bullets β me, who had not fired a gun since the age of sixteen and who had never fired a handgun.
Such a thing would not be possible without a band of conspirators (ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π±Ρ Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ: Β«ΡΠ°ΠΊΠ°Ρ Π²Π΅ΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»Π° Π±Ρ Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½Π°Β» Π±Π΅Π· Π³ΡΡΠΏΠΏΡ ΡΠΎΠΎΠ±ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²: Β«Π·Π°Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²Β») β even the movie I had seen (Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ Π² ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠΌΠ΅, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ Ρ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π»), romantic as it had been (ΠΏΡΠΈ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ: Β«ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠ½ Π±ΡΠ»Β»), had made that clear (ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ Π΄Π°Π» ΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΡΡΡ: Β«ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°Π» ΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌΒ»). There had been eight or nine of them in two separate groups (/Π² ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠΌΠ΅/ ΠΈΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π²ΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΄Π΅Π²ΡΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ, Π² Π΄Π²ΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ΄Π΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ Π³ΡΡΠΏΠΏΠ°Ρ ), staying in touch with each other by walkie-talkie (ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΠΈΡ ΡΠ²ΡΠ·Ρ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΡΠΈ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ; touch β ΠΏΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅; ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠ°ΠΊΡ; to be in touch with smb. β Π½Π°Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡΡΡ Π² ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠ΅ Ρ ΠΊΠ΅ΠΌ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ; ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΠ²ΡΠ·ΡΡΠΊΠ΅ΠΌ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ). There had even been a man in a small plane (ΡΠ°ΠΌ Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ Π±ΡΠ» ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ Π² Π½Π΅Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ»Π΅ΡΠ΅) cruising above the highway to make sure the armored car was relatively isolated (ΠΏΠ°ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π½Π°Π΄ ΠΌΠ°Π³ΠΈΡΡΡΠ°Π»ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΡΠ±Π΅Π΄ΠΈΡΡΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠΎΠ½ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½Π°Ρ ΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ Π΄Π°Π»Π΅ΠΊΠΎ /ΠΎΡ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΡ Π°Π²ΡΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»Π΅ΠΉ/; cruise β ΠΊΡΡΠΈΠ·, ΠΌΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ΅ΠΏΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅; to cruise β ΠΊΡΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ, ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΆΠ°ΡΡ/ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎΡΠ°ΠΉΠΎΠ½, ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ/) as it approached the right spot on the highway (ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΏΡΠΈΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΆΠ°Π»Π°ΡΡ ΠΊ Π½ΡΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π½Π° Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ³Π΅; right β ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΡΠΉ; ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΠΈΠΉ; spot β ΠΏΡΡΠ½ΠΎ; ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ, Π½Π΅Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΉΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ).
A plot no doubt dreamed up by some overweight screenwriter (ΡΡΠΆΠ΅Ρ, Π±Π΅Π· ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ, ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΄ΡΠΌΠ°Π½ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠΌ-Π½ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ΄Ρ ΡΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π°ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΌ; plot β ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½, ΡΡ Π΅ΠΌΠ°; ΡΡΠΆΠ΅Ρ; overweight β Π²Π΅ΡΡΡΠΈΠΉΠ±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎΡΠΌΡ; ΠΈΠ·Π±ΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠΉΠ²Π΅Ρ) sitting by his swimming pool with a pina colada by one hand (ΡΠΈΠ΄ΡΡΠΈΠΌ Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π±Π°ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½Π° Ρ Π±ΠΎΠΊΠ°Π»ΠΎΠΌ Β«ΠΏΠΈΠ½Π°-ΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°Π΄ΡΒ» Π² ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠΊΠ΅) and a fresh supply of Pentel pens and an Edgar Wallace plot-wheel by the other (ΠΈ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΌ Π½Π°Π±ΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ: Β«Π·Π°ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΎΠΌΒ» ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΊ Β«ΠΡΠ½ΡΠ΅Π»Β» ΠΈ ΡΠΈΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠΌ ΡΡΠΆΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ² ΠΏΠΎ ΠΠ΄Π³Π°ΡΡ Π£ΠΎΠ»Π»Π°ΡΡ; fresh β ΡΠ²Π΅ΠΆΠΈΠΉ, Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΉ, ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎΡΡΠΎΠΏΠΎΡΠ²ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΈΠΉΡΡ; supply β ΡΠ½Π°Π±ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΊΠ°; Π·Π°ΠΏΠ°Ρ; wheel β ΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΡΠΎ; ΡΠΈΠΊΠ», ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΎΠ΄). And even that fellow had needed a small army to fulfill his idea (ΠΈ Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ ΡΡΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΏΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ½Π°Π΄ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»Π°ΡΡ ΠΌΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠΊΠ°Ρ Π°ΡΠΌΠΈΡ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΎΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Ρ). I was only one man (Ρ ΠΆΠ΅ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½: Β«Ρ Π±ΡΠ» ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΒ»).