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"A fine man," Charles Blackwell said, "and the paper is as legal as " "Oh, it's legal all right." Brent Taber lapsed into silence and Charles Blackwell seemed happy to allow him this privilege. All I need, Brent thought, is a court-defiance rap charged against me. Is that what Crane is trying to get? Did he expect me to throw this creep out of my office and leave myself wide open?
Dennis wrapped an arm around his neck, pulled his head back and cut his throat with one slash of the knife. Captain Abrams' head had hit a doorjamb opposite the entrance to Rhoda's apartment. He stirred and tried to come erect but he was unable to make it. Brent Taber clawed the gun off the floor and came to one knee.
He could not quite make her out; a new type. "Taber," said the manager; "Taber is the name." For some reason she did not then understand, Ruth did not offer the information that Taber had another name. "This is very fine of you, Miss...." "Enschede." "Ah. Well, come back in half an hour. I'll send for Wu Fang. He speaks English. Not a job he may care about; but he's a good sport.
"For a bit of kindness?" Ruth was plainly bewildered. "You poor child!" Prudence took Ruth's hands in her own. "I never saw the like of you! One has to guard one's actions constantly in this wicked world, if one is a woman, young and pretty. A woman such as I am might help take care of Mr. Taber and no one comment upon it. But you couldn't. Never in this world!
In a flash of panic, Crane wondered if it was all a diabolical machination of Brent Taber's. Maybe Taber knew all about the recorder. Maybe the whole meeting was an elaborate plant to maneuver an earnest, alert senator into making a public fool of himself. Taber was certainly capable of such a thing. And that was how it had begun to look. Still, that was ridiculous.
He turned, went downstairs, and took the receiver off the phone on the wall by the front door. The shapeless landlady came out again. She scowled at Taber. "What are you doing here?" He regarded her with a kind of affectionate weariness. "Have you got a dime, lady?" Gaping, she pawed into her apron pocket and handed him a coin. "Thanks much." He dialed. "Is Captain Abrams there?"
Johnson's itty reply to Miss Knight, big enough for an island. But our transatlantic brothers, dwelling upon so mighty a continent, have gradually enlarged their scale of inns as of other objects into a size of commensurate grandeur. J. Taber, its aspiring landlord, as offering accommodations, from the 20th of next June, to the romantic number of three thousand five hundred guests.
You've heard the tape, so tell me what do you want from me? How can I earn your co-operation?" "Quite simply, Taber. By recognizing my authority as a United States Senator. By keeping me briefed on your progress against this terrible thing that menaces our people. By accepting my active co-operation in destroying it." "What exactly do you mean by active?" "Just what the word implies.
"But the little girl, Miss Taber, she ought not to be alone there with Miss Walden. You see I have studied medicine and I know it is dangerous and it mustn't be. See here! I cannot do anything without making more trouble. I'm not one of them, but you could go and well, just take control!
Even then, he could see nothing of interest the room was ordinary in every sense. But as Brent Taber checked it out, some unusual aspects became apparent. There were two pieces of luggage in the closet. One, an oversized suitcase, stood on end. And jammed neatly down behind it was the body of Les King. His throat had been cut.
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