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?Does he still tend to his gardens?his English gardens??
?Yes, he does
?He should have been a landscaper, or a florist, I thinkAnd I should have been a fine
agricultural engineer, an agronomist, as they say?that?s how Santos and I met, you knowMelodramatic politics changed our lives, didn?t they??
?Political commitments changed themEverywhere the fascists changed them
?And now we want to be like the fascists, and they want to take what?s not so terrible about us
Communists and spread a little money around?which doesn?t really work, but it?s a nice thought
?What has this to do with me?your monseigneur??
?Horse droppings, RamirezAs you may or may not know, my Russian wife died a number of
years ago and I have three children in the Moscow UniversityWithout my position they would not
be there and I want them thereThey will be scientists, doctorsYou see, those are the risks you
ask of meI?ve covered myself up until this moment?and you deserve this moment?but perhaps
no moreIn a few months I will retire, and in recognition of my years of service in southern Europe
and the Mediterranean, I will share a fine dacha on the Black Sea where my children will come and
visit meI will not unduly risk what life I have before meSo be specific, Ramirez, and I?ll tell you
whether you?re on your own or notI repeat, your getting in here cannot be traced to me, and, as
I say, you deserved that much, but this is where I may be forced to stop
?I see,? said Carlos, approaching the suitcase Enrique had placed on the sacristy table?I hope you do and, further, I hope you understandOver the years you?ve been good to my
family in ways that I could never be, but then I?ve served you well in ways that I couldI led you to
Rodchenko, fed you names in ministries where rumors abounded, rumors Rodchenko himself
investigated for youSo, my old revolutionary comrade, I?ve not been idle on your behalf eitherHowever, things are different now


