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

could not remember having seen a more gorgeous bit of femininity.

The young woman rolled her eyes to keep them away from Doc. Her gaze touched upon various objects of
furniture, returning frequently to the men to make sure they made no overt move.

A wastebasket stood near a comfortable chair and a reading lamp. A folded, discarded newspaper projected
from the basket.

Two words of a headline were visible:

EARTHQUAKE INтАФ

The sight of the two words in the headline had a strange effect on the girl. Horror came upon her face. Her
throat tightened visibly.

Doc, Monk, and Ham exchanged glances. The headline had stricken the girl with terror. It had to be the
headlineтАФfrom where she stood, only the larger type was readable.
The girl sank by the wastebasket. She seemed to have forgotten Doc and the other two. She wrenched the
newspaper from the basket, and spread it open.

"In Chile!" she gasped. "And it got another of them!"

"Another of who?" Doc demanded.

The girl made no answer.

Doc glanced at Monk. "Remember the telephone conversation recorded on the wax record?" he asked.

"Sure," Monk grunted. "There was something said about mysterious earthquakes."

"WhatтАЩs behind this?" Doc asked the young woman in gold.

The girl arose. Although they had made no effort to seize her while she was so interested in the newspaper
headline about earthquakes, she again pointed her big automatic at them.

"YouтАЩre wasting your time trying to make me think you do not know what it is all about," she declared.

Monk shrugged impatiently. He waved a furry hand in DocтАЩs direction. "Do you know who this bronze fellow
is, young lady?"

"HeтАЩs the notorious Doc Savage," the girl snapped.

Monk bristled with indignation. "Listen, goldie! Doc has done more good in this world than any fifty other men
you can name. His life work is to go all over the worldтАФ"

"Save it!" said the girl in gold. "IтАЩve heard of him. HeтАЩs always in trouble. Well, if you donтАЩt tell me where John
Acre is, youтАЩre going to have trouble!"

Monk subsided. He had supposed there were people in New York who were not acquainted with the true
nature of Doc SavageтАЩs workтАФhis career of righting wrong, of punishing evildoersтАФbut this was the first such