"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 101 - The Gray Ghost" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

тАЬBoth were probably asleep. They didn't talk about the Gray Ghost, did they?тАЭ

тАЬNo. But others did, according to FurbisonтАФтАЭ

Jane stopped as two elderly men appeared at the door of the sun porch. Gilden and Reeth arose. Jane
smiled and spoke to the first of the two who entered.

тАЬHello, father,тАЭ said the girl. тАЬYou know Pierce Gilden. And this is Alan Reeth.тАЭ

Martin Debrossler shook hands with the young men. He introduced the man who was with him as James
Pennybrook, his attorney. While they were chatting, a horn honked from the front of the house. It was
Debrossler's limousine, ready to take the young people into the city. The four went from the sun porch,
leaving Debrossler and Pennybrook alone.

тАЬMORE talk about the Gray Ghost,тАЭ remarked Debrossler, as he and Pennybrook heard the car pull
away with its merry party. тАЬThe girls love to bait Furbison.тАЭ

тАЬYour butler believes that there is a ghost?тАЭ

тАЬI think he does. It annoys me, Pennybrook.тАЭ

тАЬWhy should it?тАЭ

тАЬBecause Furbison has more sense than an ordinary servant. He should not listen to such fables.тАЭ

Pennybrook shook his head.

тАЬI am not so sure that it is a fable,тАЭ he declared. тАЬThere have been robberies. Some one has
accomplished them.тАЭ

тАЬNot a ghost!тАЭ

тАЬOf course not. But a person, perhaps, who has been mistaken for one. Your must remember,
Debrossler, that they call this person the Gray Ghost.тАЭ

тАЬWhat does that signify?тАЭ

тАЬThat he must present a definite appearance. We must picture him always in some grayish garb.
Otherwise, all the reports would not conform.тАЭ

тАЬI believe that you are right, Pennybrook.тАЭ

Debrossler sat nodding. His eyes were keen; they sparkled beneath his shocky gray hair. Pennybrook
watched him rather stolidly. The lawyer, owlish-faced and almost bald, formed a distinct contrast to his
companion.

тАЬYou are right, Pennybrook,тАЭ repeated Debrossler, тАЬand that fact troubles me. The Gray Ghost is a
cunning thief, whoever he may be. He is a menace, here on Long Island.тАЭ