"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 115 - The Fiery Menace" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

She saw the story about the man in the chandelier in the early newspapers. The vampire she had seen
had preyed on her mind until she could not sleep. So she came to the police immediately, and the police
listened and were skeptical. They laughed only a little, although a little was enough to make Millie angry
at them-and at herself for being so gullible as to think she had seen a vampire.

“Fire, eh?” said a policeman.
Millie nodded uncomfortably. “Yes. Kind of a streamlined thing, all red.”

“Fire?”

“Yes.”

“It went floating across the lobby of this building, ducked down and out of the door, eh?” asked the
policeman.

“Yes.”

“Like a ball of fire, huh?”

“No, not like fire exactly. It was fire, and yet it wasn't. It was red and glowing, and not very bright. It was
red. Maybe it was red smoke or something; but, on second thought, I'm not so sure.”

“Right out of the door it went?”

“Yes.”

“The door,” pointed out the officer triumphantly, “is a revolving door. Did this fiery vampire of yours
revolve the door?”

“No,” said Millie, “I don't recall the door revolving. But there is a transom above the door, and I think
the thing went out through that.”

“It didn't get down on the floor and walk out, then?”

“It didn't walk. It floated.”

“How big was it?”

“That would be hard to say.”

“As big as a man?”

“Part of the time it was smaller than a man, and part of the time it was bigger, about the size of a horse.”

The officer thought it all over deeply and gave his conclusion.

“This is getting to be a most unusual matter,” he said.