Book1:TeDream-Maker (第127/166页)

rhelpinated．Shehovereduponhighforamoment,makingatopographicalsurveyofthearea．Then，havingascertaiarget，sheplungeddownintothehighlycivilizedsocietyofhumanbeings．

    SinceDimitriandhisfriendswereonlygoingtohisbanktogethismoney,whyshouldtherebehindranceseriousenoughforhimtosummonMedusa?penedwasthis：Afterpartingfromthegolden-hairedMegginn,theyleftthesuburbangasstationanddroveswiftlyoverthesmoothfreeway．Thundercrashedandlightningfshed,momentarilylightingupthedarknight．Richard,theoperatorofthemovingvehicle,seemedalittledauheelements．Hismeagerfadbody,whiallyemittedboundlessenergy，seemedabnormallynervousandtehewasstillinhighspirits．Hekeptgingnesandsteppingonthegas,drivingaggressivelytopassthefrontofhim，butheneversucceeded．Thecarsbehindhim，however，passedhimonebyone，causinghimtocryoutinexasperation，

    "WhenIamrich,Iwillbuythefastestsportscarthereis,andwatchmeshowthemathingortwo!"

    Dimitri，whowassittiohim，noticedhisoddbehaviorandthoughts.Thingswereoutoftheordinarythatday．Eveherwasabnormal.Ithadbeenwarmandsunnyiernoon,butwherewasthedazzlingsunnow?Goheotherendoftheearthaswasthenormalorbitoftheevolvis．Astrangeideacametohismind．Thatbigbrightballseemedlikeahugemicroscopeandthesevenbillionpeoplethatpoputedtheearthwerelikewrigglingmicranisms,gingmomentarily；forinhumanpopution，birthahhappenedeverysed．Thoughthemostadvancedsdteologyhadsucceedediinglifeiubes,theycouldnotasyetaccuratelycalcutethespanoflifeofthatwhichithadcreated．Onlyohingwascertaineveryliviurecouldliveonlyonce．Hemusedontheinequalityofthelivesofthedifferentpeoplewholiveduhishugemicroscope．Hethought,

    "I,Dimitri,amsuccessfundhappy,effortlesslyaccumutingincalcublewealth;butthereareotherswhleandworktinuously,yetevermergefromthedeeppitofpoverty．Everyonelivesuhesamedensinglensandeachhasonlyonelife,buttheselivesmaybeasdifferentasheavenfromearth.”

    Thunderrumbledonandlightningtiolightupthedarksky．Jamaz,sittingatthebackseat,wascalmandquietasusual,buthisbroadchestheavedlikethewavesonaturbulentsea．Hisheartitatingfastandfuriously，betrayinghistensioohimsatYokoandMarcellina，whosemyhaightlycspedtogether．TheywerepainfullyawarethatinspiteofDimitri’sfidentassurahatallwouldbewell，therewasaswordofDamocleshangingoveralltheirheadsthatcouldbriothematanymoment．Afterall,theyweregoingtorobabank．Influencedbyhissurroundings,Dimitrifeltanaggingsenseofnervousness．Hescoffedathimself，sayingtherewerenogroundsforapprehension，afterall，hewasonlytakingmoofhisownpocketandgivingitawaytohisfriends．Hetriedtoassurehimselfthattherewasnothingtoworryabout．Hehadstashedupsomuchricheseffortlesslythatoneman’saccumutioncausedmanymoretockit．Therefore,hewaogivesomeofitaway．Infaedayhewouldopenuphiscoffersandwithoravagentsweepdistributeallhisrichestotheothehomelessandthedisabledwhoweremicranismsuhesamemicroscope．Forlikehim,theytoocouldonlyliveoneofthemhaveneverseenthebrilliantsun,andsomespenttheirliveslistlessandapathetialimbooftheirown．

    Astheteredcitylimits,thetallimposingmajesticstructureofWorldBankcameintoview，dominatingtheare