"020 (B026) - Death in Silver (1934-10) - Lester Dent" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

"This ain't goin' so hot," said the man in janitor regalia.



"What is wrong, Bugs?" asked the whispering voice.



"Two of Doc Savage's men are snooping around," reported "Bugs," his round, pale face close to the transmitter.



The whispering one swore. "I saw that in an extra edition of a tabloid newspaper. What on earth got those two involved in the affair?"



"One of them, named Monk, has a chemical laboratory on top of the building," Bugs advised.



This called forth more sibilant profanity.



"If I had known one of Doc Savage's men had a place on the building, we would have used other methods on old Winthrop," grated the distant whisper. "Doc Savage is the last man on earth we want on our necks at this stage of the game. Savage is almost inhuman. He is a mechanical wizard, a scientific genius, and a man as strong as Hercules; and he applies all of his abilities to helping other people out of trouble. He goes in for big stuff. Something like we are pulling would be his meat."



"Boss," Bugs muttered, "there's somethin'' else."



"What?"



"A clerk must've been listenin' outside old Winthrop's door when - well, you know - and he overheard stuff, I don't know how much, because I croaked him before he could tell it all to Doc Savage's two men."



"You damned fool!" snarled the other. "There was nothing said in that telephone talk which would give me away."



"How was I to know that?" Bugs whined. "I was afraid he had a line on us. I had my silver outfit on, and I got hold of an old how and arrow and let him have it."