"027 (B020) - The Secret in the Sky (1935-05) - Lester Dent.XT" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

"Has this raid, or whatever it was, got anything to do with Willard Spanner?" Monk asked.



"What do you think?" the other snapped.



Monk pulled the ears. Tears came to the man's eyes. He cursed, and his voice was a shrill whine of agony.



"I'll kill you for that!" he promised. "Damn me, if I don't!"



Monk shuddered elaborately, grinned and said, "If I had on boots, I'd shake in 'em. What did you come here for?"



A new voice said; "You gentlemen seem to be humorists."





MONK started violently and twisted his head toward the door. He gulped, "Blazes!" and got hastily to his feet.



The man in the door was solid, athletic-looking, and he held a revolver with familiar ease. He was in his socks. That probably explained how he had come in from the outside so silently; that, and the faint mumble of city traffic, which was always present.



"Get up!" he told the tall man. "Wipe your eyes. Then grab that bunch of clothes. This is sure something to write home about!"



"I'll kill this ape!" bawled the tall man.



"Some other time," the rescuer suggested. "Get the clothes. Say, just who is this big bronze guy and the monkey, anyhow?"



"How would I know?" snarled the man whom Monk had been badgering. He picked up the bundle of clothing and started for the door.