"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 101 - The Gray Ghost" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

“Both were probably asleep. They didn't talk about the Gray Ghost, did they?”

“No. But others did, according to Furbison—”

Jane stopped as two elderly men appeared at the door of the sun porch. Gilden and Reeth arose. Jane
smiled and spoke to the first of the two who entered.

“Hello, father,” said the girl. “You know Pierce Gilden. And this is Alan Reeth.”

Martin Debrossler shook hands with the young men. He introduced the man who was with him as James
Pennybrook, his attorney. While they were chatting, a horn honked from the front of the house. It was
Debrossler's limousine, ready to take the young people into the city. The four went from the sun porch,
leaving Debrossler and Pennybrook alone.

“MORE talk about the Gray Ghost,” remarked Debrossler, as he and Pennybrook heard the car pull
away with its merry party. “The girls love to bait Furbison.”

“Your butler believes that there is a ghost?”

“I think he does. It annoys me, Pennybrook.”

“Why should it?”

“Because Furbison has more sense than an ordinary servant. He should not listen to such fables.”

Pennybrook shook his head.

“I am not so sure that it is a fable,” he declared. “There have been robberies. Some one has
accomplished them.”

“Not a ghost!”

“Of course not. But a person, perhaps, who has been mistaken for one. Your must remember,
Debrossler, that they call this person the Gray Ghost.”

“What does that signify?”

“That he must present a definite appearance. We must picture him always in some grayish garb.
Otherwise, all the reports would not conform.”

“I believe that you are right, Pennybrook.”

Debrossler sat nodding. His eyes were keen; they sparkled beneath his shocky gray hair. Pennybrook
watched him rather stolidly. The lawyer, owlish-faced and almost bald, formed a distinct contrast to his
companion.

“You are right, Pennybrook,” repeated Debrossler, “and that fact troubles me. The Gray Ghost is a
cunning thief, whoever he may be. He is a menace, here on Long Island.”