Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Author:Douglas Adams [Adams, Douglas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dirk_Gentlys_Holistic_Detective_Agency_0671746723
ISBN: 06717467231
Published: 2011-03-05T08:00:00+00:00

Richard cleared his throat. 'What,' he said, 'is this?'

'What is what?'

'This,' exclaimed Richard, 'all this. You appear to have a Holistic Detective Agency and I don't even know what one is.'

'I provide a service that is unique in this world,' said Dirk. 'The term "holistic"

refers to my conviction that what we are concerned with here is the fundamental interconnectedness of all -'

'Yes, I got that bit earlier,' said Richard. 'I have to say that it sounded a bit like an excuse for exploiting gullible old ladies.'

'Exploiting?' asked Dirk. 'Well, I suppose it would be if anybody ever paid me, but I do assure you, my dear Richard, that there never seems to be the remotest danger of that. I live in what are known as hopes. I hope for fascinating and remunerative cases, my secretary hopes that I will pay her, her landlord hopes that she will produce some rent, the Electricity Board hopes that he will settle their bill, and so on.

I find it a wonderfully optimistic way of life.

'Meanwhile I give a lot of charming and silly old ladies something to be happily cross about and virtually guarantee the freedom of their cats. Is there, you ask - and I put the question for you because I know you know I hate to be interrupted - is there a single case that exercises the tiniest part of my intellect, which, as you hardly need me to tell you, is prodigious? No. But do I despair? Am I downcast?

Yes. Until,' he added, 'today.'

'Oh, well, I'm glad of that,' said Richard, 'but what was all that rubbish about cats and quantum mechanics?'

With a sigh Dirk flipped up the lid of the pizza with a single flick of practised fingers. He surveyed the cold round thing with a kind of sadness and then tore off a hunk of it. Pieces of pepperoni and anchovy scattered over his desk.

'I am sure, Richard,' he said, 'that you are familiar with the notion of Schrödinger's Cat,' and he stuffed the larger part of the hunk into his mouth.

'Of course,' said Richard. 'Well, reasonably familiar.'

'What is it?' said Dirk through a mouthful.

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