Book2:KigdomIteDreams (第33/246页)

fpaperworkentailediingsubsidizedhousing.Hehadbeenstruckblindsuddenly,andasadisabledpersonwithoutshelter,cessionshadbeenmadeforhimandhehadmovedintohisapartmentwithoutgoingthroughthenormallytediousprocessofapplicationandtheprofusionofpaperwork.Nowhewasmakingupfortheck.Beingblind,Dimitricouldnotread,soMaryreadtheimportantpartstohim,patientlyexpiningiailthepertitentsbefuidinghishandtothepceshehadtosigheirfingerscameintotact,DimitriintuitivelyfeltMarywasakindaleyoungwoman.Mary,onherpart,hadaninexplicablegoodimpressionofthismiddle-agedblindmanonfirstsight.Theonlythingsheknewabouthimwasthatheusedtobeastreetperson,sowhythisextraordinaryfeelingofsolicitude?Itwasasubtleactivityofthemind,hardtograspitsdelicatevicissitudeandneedlesstosay,impossibletoexpinincorrectwords.Attheendofthishighstackofpaperwork,eraskingwhomtotaergency.Dimitrirackedhisbrainsinvainforasuitablename.Hehadherretivenorfriends,whocouldhe‘tact’?Thoughhehadtwogoodfriends,RichardandJamaz,hehadunfortunatelylosttouchwiththem.Intheend,heshookhisheadsheepishlyinmortificationbecausehecouldnoteupwithasinglename.MarytookupthepenandfilledinherownnameandphoneakingituponherselftobeDimitri’s‘persontotadsheseemedhappytodoit.Dimitrithankedherwholeheartedlywhehinghadbeensignedanddoneahurriedly.MarywatchedasDimitrifelthiswayamongthemazeoffurnitureinthegreathalsiflostinabyrinth.Toher,heseemedtobeafallingleaf,fadedanddriedup,floatinginacoldwind.Howcouldthisman,longembroiledinthedisappoisandmisfortuneoflife,beethetargetof24-hoursurveilncebyFBIandCIA?Wasitnecessarytohavehiseverymovement,everywordkeptunderobservationandtaped?TheysaidDimitricouldbethetrillioermindwhooveandshaketheworldofglobalfinandthathemayberesponsiblefortheretstrangeandmysteriousdisappearanceofgoldfromtheworldmarkettounknowinations.MarywatchedasDimitrimaogetoutofthemazeoffurniture,turnintothecorridoranddisappearfromsight.Retly,shehadwatchedthetaperecsofDimitri’sdailylifemadebyobservationcamerasandhadbeeremelydisforted.Thoughanunwillingpartit,shefeltguiltyaboutthebrazeninsolehisinvasionofhisprivacy,muchasanunfaithfulwifewouldfeeboutbetrayingherhusband.Butshehadtodowhatshehadtodo,forthiswasherjob.Inherheart,shekhatonedayshewouldfesstohimeverythingaboutherrelutinvolvement.Fromthevideotapes,Marysawthatinhistinyroom,allDimitrididalldayrepareasimplemeals,whichweredigestedandexcretedfromhisbody.Outsideofthathedidnothing,andtherewasnothingheodo.Muchofthetime,heyonhisbed,asifheneededalotofsleep.Inhiswakinghours,hesatbeforethewindow,dazed.Hismiobebnkwithnothoughtsatallbecausehisexpressionwasdulndwooden,likeacyorwoodsculpture,withnosignoflife.Occasionally,hewouldstandupandstalkaroundtheroomwiththepowerlessmiseryofacagedbeast.Dayafterday,herepeatedthesameroutine:sleep,sit,stalk,wastinghislife.Heseemedtobeamanwithoutasoul.Thoughhehadafleshbody,hissoulwasnotattachedtoit.Superficially,Dimitrimayseemtobeamanwithoutasoul,butthatwasbecauseithadturoabrilliantbird,fppingitsgeouslycolorfulwings,flyingintheblueskiesofhisKingdomofDreams.Butthen,thatwassomethi