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

"Beyond that door is a garage where this bronze man keeps many cars. In this street one is permitted to drive in only a single direction. Therefore, he will come from the left."



The four men peered at the giant steel doors across the thoroughfare. For the first time, they noted the towering size of the building above it. The structure was of shiny metal and expertly fitted gray masonry. It shot upward nearly a hundred stories.



"The bronze man lives there?"



"On the eighty-sixth floor," said the voice in the box.



"Wa!lah! This fellow must have great wealth to live in a place like that!"



"He is a strange man, this bronze one! He is a being of mystery, one about whom many fantastic tales are told. His name is familiar to every one in the city. The newspapers carry feature stories about him. Yet he is almost a legend, for he does not show himself to the public, and does not seek publicity."



"But he has that which we want?"



"He has. We have but to find where it is kept. That is your job."



Squatting like four brown owls, the quartet kept unwinking eyes fixed to the left, down the somber street.



"Have you found aught of the escaped white-haired girl?" asked the man in the packing case.



"No trace, 0 master. But our comrades search everywhere!"



"Taiyib malihi Very well! She must be caught and brought back to my yacht!"