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did not. "Turn it down," he said,"Why should I?" she asked, "It's no work at all, and they even said that because of Demosthenes' well-knowndesire for privacy, they would net all the meetings. It makes Demosthenes into a respectable person, and--""And you love it that you got that before I did.""Peter, it isn't you and me, it's Demosthenes and Locke. We made them up. They aren't real. Besides, thisappointment doesn't mean they like Demosthenes better than Locke, it just means that Demosthenes has a muchstronger base of support. You knew he would. Appointing him pleases a large number of Russian-haters andchauvinists.""It wasn't supposed to work this way. Locke was supposed to be the respected one.""He is! Real respect takes longer than official respect. Peter, don't be angry at me because I've done well withthe things you told me to do."But he was angry, for days, and ever since then he had left her to think through all her own columns, instead oftelling her what to write. He probably assumed that this would make the quality of Demosthenes' columnsdeteriorate, but if it did no one noticed. Perhaps it made him even angrier that she never came to him weeping torhelp. She had been Demosthenes too long now to need anyone to tell her what Demosthenes would think aboutthings.And as her correspondence with other politically active citizens grew, she began to learn things, informationthat simply wasn't available to the general public. Certain military people who corresponded with her droppedhints about things without meaning to, and she and Peter put them together to build up a fascinating andfrightening picture of Warsaw Pact activity. They were indeed preparing for war, a vicious and bloodsearthbound war. Demosthenes wasn't wrong to suspect that the Warsaw Pact was not abiding by the terms of theLeague.And the character of Demosthenes gradually took on a life of his own. At times she found herself thinking likeDemosthenes at the end of a writing session, agreeing with ideas that were supposed to be calculated poses. And第 242 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网