"Death Takes Wings" - читать интересную книгу автора (Morrison William)

came out to investigateЧand thatТs all I know.Ф
УI wanted to see Mr. Wyatt,Ф the girl said, Уbut found the door to his office
locked. I had to go around the building. When I came in, he was lying on the
floor.Ф
Morley nodded.
УI guess your arrival scared the crook, and he made off through your office.Ф
УHe must have found me in the way of his escape,Ф Bracken said weakly. УSo he
hit me over the head and got out of the building as you were entering it at the
other end.Ф
УWhat was the crook after?Ф MorleyТs voice was sharp.
УI donТt know.Ф Wyatt looked puzzled. УThereТs some money in that safe, but not
much. Not enough for him to take a chance like this. There are some valuable
papers. But as the crook didnТt get a chance to lay his hands on them, I donТt
know which ones he wanted.Ф
УWhere were you, Armstrong, when all this was happening?Ф Morley snapped
suddenly.
УWhy,Ф Armstrong stammered. УIЧI was in the locker room.Ф
УAnybody see you there?Ф
УI donТt know.Ф

HEY were all gazing at Morley tensely, wondering what he was thinking. His face
was expressionless.
УWell,Ф he said, Уas the crook didnТt get away with anything, you may as well
return to your work. I donТt think heТll try the same thing twice.Ф
Wyatt spoke hesitantly.
УLieutenant, did you discoverЧФ
УWhat?Ф
УWhat you were looking for. Any sort of sabotage. You were around last night,
werenТt you?Ф
УI was. But I didnТt find anything.Ф
Some of the tenseness seemed to go out of the faces watching him.
УI suppose,Ф Wyatt remarked, УIТm expecting too much, hoping for results so
soon.Ф
MorleyТs face was grim.
УIТm afraid you are. I havenТt found a thing. IТm going out to the plant again
and keep on looking.Ф
Wyatt excused himself, hurried away. As the others left, Morley walked out of
the office and back to the plant.
It would have been foolish to tell anyone at this stage what he
suspectedЧfoolish, because he didnТt believe it himself. What was more, he not
only had no proof, but no evidence. And he couldnТt hope to convince others
while he wasnТt convinced himself.
This time, while he was in the plant, he spoke to the men. They wanted to work,
but he interrupted them, forced some of them to answer his questions. He could
have asked the same questions of Wyatt or Bracken or Armstrong, but he preferred
to ask the men in the plant.
Slowly his ideas became more definite. And then, shortly after noon, came the
last piece of evidence he needed. He saw Armstrong hastening toward him, his
face troubled.
УLieutenantЧФ Armstrong said hesitantly.