Slaughter and Forgetting by Graham Brack

Author:Graham Brack [Brack, Graham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912546701
Publisher: Sapere Books
Published: 2018-09-26T22:00:00+00:00

Slonský was in a quandary. The canteen had run out of anything containing meat. There was an egg roll, and several types of salad, some of which contained bits of meat, but he risked inadvertently eating something green in trying to pick them out. Not only that, but the lady behind the counter advised them not to touch the pastries, which were two days old.

‘The salad is very fresh,’ she said.

‘I went straight from breast milk to meat,’ said Slonský.

‘Well, I’m not giving you breast milk and we’re out of meat,’ came the reply.

The queue was growing restless. There was only Navrátil in it, but he was restless enough for any number of others.

‘Out of meat? What sort of canteen runs out of meat?’ whined Slonský.

‘Wait here,’ said the assistant, and returned in a few moments with a hunk of salami and a bread roll.

‘Bless you, Anna,’ Slonský whispered. ‘I was just telling Navrátil that a good Czech woman looks after her man’s stomach.’

Anna smiled.

‘You also said that Czech women sag — ouch!’

‘I’m sorry, Navrátil. Was that your shin? Don’t hold the queue up, lad. Grab your coffee and pay up.’

No sooner had they taken their seats than Mucha beckoned from the doorway. Slonský beckoned him in return. This continued until Mucha gave in.

‘Novák says you’re to come and get it.’

‘The little devil. Usually he plays hard to get.’

‘He also says he can’t take it out of the building so get your backside in gear and get over there before he goes home at five.’

‘Clock watcher. Navrátil, ask Anna to put these coffees in a takeaway cup. I’ll eat my sandwich while you’re driving.’

‘And what will I do with this?’ asked Navrátil, indicating his half-eaten egg roll.

‘If you’ve got any sense you’ll heave it in a bin and get something edible. Come along, lad, we can’t keep Novák waiting.’

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