"Doc Savage Adventure 1934-03 Meteor Menace" - читать интересную книгу автора (Doc Savage Collection)

"If you know where I can find Doc Savage, please tell me," she pleaded in a strained voice.

Monk and Ham sobered.

"Is your business with Doc important?" Ham asked sharply.

"Extremely!"

The chemist and the lawyer exchanged glances. The girl sounded as if she were in earnest.

"Does Doc Savage know you?" Monk queried.

"Rae Stanley is my name. My father is Professor Elmont Stanley. Mr. Savage does not know me, but he has probably heard of my father."

"What do you want to see Doc about?"

Attractive Rae Stanley shook her head. "That must be strictly between Doc Savage and myself."

"In inquiring about Doc, how did you happen to pick on us?" Monk asked curiously.

"You were the first men I saw who looked as if they might be able to speak English," Rae explained.

"Then you didn't know we're two of Doc's outfit?" The girl's brown eyes widened. Her exquisite features showed delight.

"This is a break!" she ejaculated. "I can give my warning to you, then go back to my quarters. I am in danger every minute that I am away."

This caused Monk and Ham to register intense curiosity and bewilderment.

"You're risking something to come here and warn Doc?" Ham demanded.

"My life," said Rae Stanley.

"What do you want to warn Doc against?"

The girl moistened her lips and glanced upward. There was a nervousness in her manner which indicated that she would not have been surprised had some menace been lurking above.

"The blue meteor!" she said rapidly. "I came to warn - oh-h-h-there's Shrops!"

Her words changed into a scream which put teeth on edge. She clapped both hands over her mouth, as if to make a lid that would keep the sound back. Stark horror had come suddenly into her eyes. She spun and fled.

"She saw some guy named Shrops behind us," Ham barked.

Both he and Monk turned to scrutinize the crowd.



Chapter 2

THE COCKNEY