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1、THECITY&THECITYChinaMievilleBALLANTINEBOOKSPartOneBESZELChapterOneICOULDNOTSEETHESTREETormuchoftheestate.Wewereenclosedbydirt-colouredblocks,fromwindowsoutofwhichleanedvestedmenandwomenwithmorninghairandmugsofdrink,eatingbreakfastandwatchingus.Thisopengroundbetweenthebuildingshadoncebe
2、ensculpted.Itpitchedlikeagolfcourse—achild’smimickingofgeography.Maybetheyhadbeengoingtowooditandputinapond.Therewasacopsebutthesaplingsweredead.Thegrasswasweedy,threadedwithpathsfootwalkedbetweenrubbish,ruttedbywheeltracks.Therewerepoliceatvarioustasks.Iwasn’tthefirstdetectivethere—Is
3、awBardoNaustinandacoupleofothers—butIwasthemostsenior.Ifollowedthesergeanttowheremostofmycolleaguesclustered,betweenalowderelicttowerandaskateboardparkringedbybigdrum-shapedtrashbins.Justbeyonditwecouldhearthedocks.Abunchofkidssatonawallbeforestandingofficers.Thegullscoiledoverthegathe
4、ring.“Inspector.”Inoddedatwhomeverthatwas.SomeoneofferedacoffeebutIshookmyheadandlookedatthewomanIhadcometosee.Shelayneartheskateramps.Nothingisstilllikethedeadarestill.Thewindmovestheirhair,asitmovedhers,andtheydon’trespondatall.Shewasinanuglypose,withlegscrookedasifabouttogetup,herar
5、msinastrangebend.Herfacewastotheground.Ayoungwoman,brownhairpulledintopigtailspokinguplikeplants.Shewasalmostnaked,anditwassadtoseeherskinsmooththatcoldmorning,unbrokenbygooseflesh.Sheworeonlyladderedstockings,onehighheelon.Seeingmelookforit,asergeantwavedatmefromawayoff,fromwhereshegu
6、ardedthedroppedshoe.Itwasacoupleofhourssincethebodyhadbeendiscovered.Ilookedherover.Iheldmybreathandbentdowntowardthedirt,tolookatherface,butIcouldonlyseeoneopeneye.“Where’sShukman?”“Nothereyet,Inspector…”“Someonecallhim,tellhimtogetamoveon.”Ismackedmywatch.Iwasinchargeofwhatwecalledth
7、emise-en-crime.NoonewouldmoveheruntilShukmanthepathohadcome,buttherewereotherthingstodo.Icheckedsightlines.Wewereoutofthewayandthegarbagecontainersobscuredus,butIcouldfeelattentiononuslikeinsects,fromallovertheestate.Wemilled.Therewasawetmattressonitsedgebetweentwoofthebins,byaspread
