"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 012 - The Man Who Shook the Earth" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

"DonтАЩt strain your eyes!" said the womanтАЩs voice. "IтАЩm coming in."

She stepped across the threshold.

Monk emitted a great gasp. Monk appreciated a pretty girl. This one made his head swim.

From the waist upward her slender body looked as if it were fitted in a tight skin of gold; below the waist the
gold cloth fitted almost as snugly. Her hair was evidently boyish-bobbed. It bulged hardly at all under a plain
gold-colored helmet. Her small feet were shod in golden-hued slippers. The whole was a wonderful evening
ensemble. The effect was amazing.

Her face had an entrancing beauty which seemed to fit in perfectly with her exotic evening attire.

Monk drew in the breath which his sigh had expelled. He seemed to realize for the first time that the
astounding young woman held a gun. It was a big, blue .45-caliber army automatic.

From the gun, Monk looked to the girlтАЩs clinging gown. The exotic golden garment exposed just about every
ravishing curve. She carried a costly looking fur evening wrap over her left arm.

No doubt she had entered the Midas Club with the gun concealed under the wrap.

"You gentlemen," said the girl, "will put your hands up."

Her voice was like the ringing of a small bell in the distance. It was pleasant to hear.

"Are you sure youтАЩre not in the wrong pew?" Ham asked her. "We never saw you before."

The young woman in the stunning, golden evening gown did not answer. She was eyeing Doc.

She seemed fascinated by him. That was understandable. Men, when they saw the astounding physique of
the bronze giant, noticed only that. Women, however, were apt to observe that Doc was extremely
handsome.

The girl in gold was discovering the latter fact.

A minute passed, then another. The striking young woman was still staring at Doc.

Doc Savage slowly lifted an arm. He leveled it, rigid as a metal bar, at the young womanтАЩs pert nose. The arm
remained fixed, unmoving, pointing.

Monk and Ham exchanged glances in a knowing way. They had been associated with Doc Savage long
enough to become acquainted with some of the many arts which the bronze man commanded. They knew he
was a master of hypnotism, so they understood what DocтАЩs arm-leveling gesture meant.

Doc was hypnotizing the girl in gold.

For the most successful functioning of hypnotism, it is necessary that the subjectтАЩs attention be fixed on
something. It is also very difficult to hypnotize an unwilling patient.