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1、Maincharactersinthisbook:DickSterling:generalmanagerinMadras,IndiaofTrakton,amultinationalcompany.SallySterling:Dick’swife.KeithLennox:Dick’sbossatTrakton.WorksinDelhi.BarbaraLennox:Keith’swife.Vish:officemanageratTrakton.Molly:Vish’swife.ShealsoworksatTrakton.Ramu
2、:Dick’spersonalassistantatTrakton.Nag:inAccountsatTrakton.Lakshmi:Nag’sdaughter.Ned:aformeremployeeatTrakton.SirPercyHancock:formerchiefexecutiveofTrakton,onceheadoftheDelhioffice.SirJeremyJackson(Jacko):retiredprofessorofcomparativephilologyatCambridge.Chapter1Mad
3、ras1986‘Heknowstoomuch.Imustaskyoutodonothing.’‘ButthistimeIcaughthimintheact.Ihaveproof,witnesses,everything.Thereisnopossibledoubt.Surely…’‘Isaidheknowstoomuch!Thecompanycan’taffordtohaveanyproblems.Ourpositionisverysensitiveinthiscountry.Wecan’taffordtotakerisks
4、.Iamtellingyouonceagain--youwilldonothing.Andifthereisanytrouble,I’mafraidIshallhavetoholdyoupersonallyresponsible.Sobesensibleforonceinyourlife.’‘Isee.Soyouaretellingmetoclosemyeyestocorruptionandbehaveasifnothinghashappened.Isthatright?’‘Ididn’tputitquitelikethat
5、.But,ifyouinsist,yes.WhatVishdoesordoesn’tdoisaminormattercomparedwiththecompany’sglobalstrategy.Justtrytogetthingsinperspective.Afterall,youwon’tbestruckinMadrasforever--I’llmakesurethatyou’renot.Sojustgowiththeflowforabitlonger.Whenyou’reinyournextpostthiswillall
6、seemaverylongwayaway,Icanassureyou.Butmeantime,notrouble.IhopeI’vemademyselfclear.Oh,and,bytheway,Iadviseyoutoforgetthatwehavehadthisconversation.Goodbye.’DickSterlingputthephonedown.Hishandsweretrembling.HewasfuriouswithhimselfforfailingtopersuadehisbossinDelhi,Ke
7、ithLennox,tosupporthim,andwasdisgustedatthemixtureofveiledthreatsandvaguepromisesLennoxhadmade.‘Heknowstoomuch’--thewordsstillranginhisears.Hewondered,notforthelasttime,justwhatitwasthatVish,theofficemanagerofthefactory,knew.Howcoulditbesoimportantthatthecompany’sp
8、ositioninIndiacouldbethreatenedbyit?Itsimplydidn’tmakesense.Dickglancedathiswatch.Fouro’clock.Hecalledforhisdriver,Gopal,andaskedtobedrivenhome.H
