"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 115 - The Fiery Menace" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

The newspaper reporters gathered around and made themselves known, Monk and Ham were both
excellent copy. They were both famous men in their professions, having strong reputations. They were
also colorful. The pig and the chimp pets, Monk's what-a-thing-to-meet-in-the-dark appearance, and
Ham's fine clothing were riots in a photograph.

It was also true, as Ham muttered to Monk, that not many noted men went around making fools out of
themselves.

To their astonishment-Monk admitted later that he was as astonished as Ham-the chimpanzee called
Chemistry brought down a package which he found in the fourth chandelier from the west end of the
building.

It was a greasy-looking package that might have contained somebody's lunch, except that a lunch
probably would not be as hard as the contents of the package felt.

тАЬUnless it might be a bride's biscuits,тАЭ Monk grunted.

Monk pocketed the package hastily.

Two policemen saw that they had found something and headed for them.

тАЬLet's make some tracks,тАЭ Monk suggested.

They were called to, shouted at, then sworn at as they left. But they made it to an elevator, and the cage
headed upward. They changed to another elevator on the fortieth floor, rode down to the second floor
and left the building by another route which avoided the lobby.

тАЬThe police merely wanted us to co-operate with them,тАЭ Ham pointed out.
тАЬI don't feel co-operative,тАЭ Monk explained, тАЬafter the unkind suspicions they entertained about us last
month.тАЭ

тАЬNeither do I,тАЭ Ham agreed. тАЬBut I think this is another of those things of which Doc Savage will not
approve.тАЭ

тАЬHe won't say anything.тАЭ

тАЬProbably not,тАЭ Ham agreed. тАЬHe almost never does. But sometimes I think I can see him suffering in
silence.тАЭ

тАЬWhat do you suppose is in this package?тАЭ Monk asked.

тАЬI do not know. I hope it is not some bridegroom's undesired lunch.тАЭ

тАЬSpeaking of lunch, let's find a restaurant and have ours while we open and examine this thing,тАЭ Monk
suggested. тАЬOn the way, though, we will stop at the office of a dentist friend of mine and have him try his
X-ray machine out on it, just on the chance that it is something we would not wish to open.тАЭ