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2、/Novels/Alistair%20MacLean/AirForce%20One%20is%20Down.txtCHAPTERONEMisterSmith'swatchhadlongsincebeentakenfromhim,soheloggedthepassingsecondsinhishead.Notallofthem,butenoughtokeephimintouchwithreality.Nonaturallightpenetratedthecell,forhewasaCategory"
3、A"convict,ratingatop-securitytomb.NoeverydaysoundsoftheworldoutsidereachedhisearsthroughthesolidoldwallsofFresnesPrison.Inthreeyears,evenduringhistwice-dailycantersroundtheexerciseyard,notasingleaeroplaneenginehadSmithheard,northedyingsnarlofalorry,northeaimles
4、stwitteringofasparrow.Hishearinghadbecomeabnormallyandselectivelyacute,siftingthemelangeofman-made,purposefulnoisesfortheoddaccidentalonetodisturbtherelentlesspatternofnormality.Butthesewerefew,scatteredlikegracenotesthroughanotherwisepedestrianscore.Yetstill,a
5、ndobsessively,Smithlistened-forthecatchinthefootfallsofhisguardsthatmeantabrokenstep,fortheclangofadroppedkeyandthecursethatalwaysfollowedit,forthescrapingofamatchasawarderunknowinglybestowedonSmiththepricelessgiftoflightingacigaretteoutsidehiscell.Thesesounds,
6、afterawhile,slottedsubliminallyintohismind,andwereusedbySmithtofuelhisdeterminationtoavoidmentalstagnationinhissolitaryconfinement.Heownedoneofthetrulyoriginalcriminalmindsofthecentury,andhadnointentionoflettingitrustintodisuse.Heexercisedhisbodyruthlesslytokee
7、phismusclesfinelytoned,anddrilledhisbrainnolessfanaticallywithcomplexchessandbridgeproblemscommittedtomemory.Andwhenhehaddispatchedthese,hewouldreconstructinperfectdetailthegreatestachievementsofhislongcareer,andgoontoplanthoseyettohappen.Thattheywouldhappen,Sm
8、ithneverdoubted.HehadknownwithacoldcertaintyonthedaythattheforcesoftheUnitedNationsAnti-CrimeOrganisationdefeatedhiscommandoarmyontheEiffelTower,thatnoprisoncouldholdhimbeyondhiscalculatedtolerance.NowhehadtoleratedFresnesPrisonforlongenough.Smithhadrarelyspoke
9、n,stillmorerarelysmiled,duringhisincarceration.Butashesatonhisbunkandsquintedatthenakedlight-bulbwhichhehadcometothinkofasatrustedfriend,theghostofagrintouchedhislips.Whileh
