Аннотация: Translation from Russian into English. Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Рассказ о Меркадере".
The Short Story about Mercader
Ramon Merkader sat in the park and played chess with the passerby.
Game wasn't good, and the mood was bad.
Nearby on a another bench someone has sat down and has turned on the radio receiver.
Ramon Merkader was attracted by the word "Mexico" which has reached from the radio receiver. He began to listen.
"In municipality Guadeloupe in the State of Chihuahua that in the north of Mexico", - said radio, - "The last police officer is killed. This - the last police officer - was coming back home after patrol with the 14-year-old son. Firefight was started. Both police officer, and his son have been shot in 500 meters from border with the USA".
"Or false news, a fake, or I haven't correctly heard something", - Ramon Merkader has thought. - "The last police officer is killed ... Tale! And in whose hands the power?"
Radio has given the following news:
"The head of the telecommunication company Izzi and the vice-president of the largest Mexican media holding Televisa Adolfo Espinosa have been killed on Sunday during bicycle walk in the State of Mexico. The police managed to identify already the personality of alleged robbers."
"Police officers exist in Mexico! They exist!" - Merkader has thought.
The mood has imperceptibly changed. Merkader has quickly ended game, having won against the partner. He have sighed: "Fresh air". He have looked around: green grass, flowers.
- "I'll go to church, I'll pray", - he has told. And he have got up from a park's bench.
January 6, 2018 22:26.
Translation from Russian into English: January 6, 2018 22:59.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Рассказ о Меркадере'.