"Brown, Roswell - Grace Culver 07 - Red is For Fox" - читать интересную книгу автора (Brown Roswell)

"Quit kidding. Why, there's no case there!"

"No? If you were a woman, Riker, you'd wonder. Leaving aside the cane act,

why should Ribden come all the way across the Atlantic for a second-rate fox

hunt when there's plenty better in England?"

Jerry shrugged.

"Does sound useless, But maybe RibdenЧ"

"Maybe he knows that a lot of new-rich nitwits who want to crash the society

rotogravures are always hanging around those affairs, over here. Dummies who'd

fall like a thousand of brick for the Tamarov stuff, if he put on a smooth, silk-hat

sales act. Easy-money boobs."

There was a moment's silence in the office.

"Supposing he has got the stones, Red? If Uncle Sam's pet ferrets couldn't

unearth 'em, what chance have you? Anyhow, it's out of our territory. Tim will put

his foot down flat."

"Tim," said Tim's secretary, "will love it! It's front-page publicity for the

agency if we make a ten-strike, isn't it? Anyhow, I've got a hunch."

Jerry grinned.

"All right, pal. A-hunting we will go. But when the Honorable John turns out

to be nothing but a guy who likes to chase foxes, are you going to blush?"

Grace was paying little attention to him. Her fingers were tapping out aimless

words on the typewriter keys, while her eyes were fixed dreamily on the blank

wall ahead of her:

RIBDENЧRENEGADEЧRASCAL. RENOWNED REVENUE RENEGER

RECEIVES RAP. RETRIBUTION REACHES RUBY RUNNER RIBDEN.

What a head for the Banner! And what a case for the agency. IfЧ