"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 105 - The Invisible-Box Murders" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

This was purely a conversational statement because Monk Mayfair had described Mr. Morgan, and this
was he.
The old gentleman looked at the doors as if he wanted to dash out through them, and at the
stenographerтАЩs desk as if he wished to crawl under it.

"I . . . er . . . beg your pardon," he said.

Doc Savage took him by the arm. He did not resist. Doc led him into the inner office. The place was
furnished with a desk, filing cabinet, an uncomfortable chair behind the desk for Mr. Morgan, and a less
comfortable one in front of the deskтАФexactly the reverse, in comfort degree, of the arrangement in the
outer office. Doc sat him down in the chair.

The bronze man went to the outer office, then returned with what was left of the cellophane box. He put
this on the desk in front of Mr. Morgan.

"Why did it excite you?" he asked.

Morgan swallowed, and the ends of his fingers twitched as if they were in cold water.

He was not going to talk.

Doc Savage was a big man, so big that his real size was startlingly apparent whenever he stood close to
an ordinary object, such as a chair or a desk. His skin was deeply bronzed, and his eyes like liquid gold
under narrowed lids. He was, in whole, a striking figure. Strength seemed to flow like molten metal under
every square inch of his skin.

Doc said, "Four men have died. Four that the police know of, and there have been many others."

Morgan began turning white.

Doc continued, "The deaths have mystified the police. There seemed to be no reason for any of them and
no connection between the four deaths."

Morgan started trembling.

"They were not natural deaths," added Doc Savage. "Each one was mysterious, unexplainedтАФand are
still unexplained. The leading scientists of the police department were baffled, and the consulting experts
called in on the cases are baffled."

The white-haired manтАЩs breathing now became audible. It was a sound like cloth tearing deep within him,
a soft and low sound, but disturbing.

Doc said, "A box was found near each dead man. In each case, it was a box, presumably made of
cellophane."

Morgan opened and closed his mouth.

"The boxes later vanished," Doc said. "They disappeared completely and inexplicably, and no one seems
to be able to explain just what did happen to them. It is very mystifying to the police."