"010 (B010) - The Phantom City (1933-12) - Lester Dent" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

In guttural Arabic, the four muttered that they understood. They arranged themselves in the murk.



Reaching under their coat tails, they produced their long swords. The sheaths were tight enough to hold the weapons in place, and they could be drawn downward in handy fashion.



"Fools!" their chief hissed from the box. "Replace those! There is to be no killing until we have the information we desire!"



Back into the spine scabbards went the blades, each man being careful not to prick himself with the deadly tip of his weapon.





"HE is coming soon?" one man asked in Arabic.



"At any minute," replied the man, remaining unseen in the box. "Watch the street to the left, my sons."



"How will we know him?"



"He is a big man. Wallah! He is the biggest man you ever saw! And his body is of a color and seeming hardness of a metal - bronze. A giant man of bronze!"



The four peered down the street, then drew back.



"It is a dark street and full of bad smells," a man muttered. "You are sure he will come this way?"



"Directly across the street is a great steel door. See you it?"



"Na'arn, aiwah! Yes!"