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

"Oh, you idiot!" the whispering man groaned. "Right in front of two men who are as brainy as they come. Doc Savage does not have any mental blanks working for him - like I seem to have."



"Aw," Bugs mumbled. "I got away, banged a fireman over the head and burned my silver outfit, so they couldn't find any finger prints or where it was made or maybe trace the cloth."





SEVERAL seconds of silence followed this; the distant mastermind seemed to be giving deep thought to the affair. Bugs, impatient at the delay, began speaking.



"If we just hadn't bumped old Winthrop," he said. "That was - "



"That was necessary!" the distant voice finished for him. "Winthrop was a man who would not hesitate to swindle an orphan, if it could be done legally. That fooled me. The old nut had his own screwy idea of honor. Or maybe he was afraid of the law. Anyway, he was going to tell the police all about us. And he knew plenty, especially about the job we had done in his shipyard."



"Well, Savage's two men are snooping," Bugs muttered. "What're we gonna do about that? Let it ride, huh? They ain't got a line to go on."



"They'll get a line, don't worry," grated the whisperer. "Doc Savage's men are wizards, and that fellow Savage himself is positively inhuman. We must do something."



"What?" Bugs wanted to know.



After a pause, the other said, "Listen to this."



Following that, there was a chain of rapid commands, Bugs mumbling frequently that he understood. An expression of evil pleasure overspread his unhealthy moon of a face as he heard the plans unfolded. He consulted his remarkably high-priced wrist watch.



"That oughta fix 'em," he grinned finally.



Hanging up, he made his way back through the corridor labyrinths of the great building until he located Monk and Ham. Lurking in the background, unnoticed, he kept an eye on Doc Savage's two aides.