"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 121 - The Black, Black Witch" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

тАЬApparently.тАЭ

тАЬThree miles south, there should be a farmhouse with Joan of Arc in the window. In that farmhouse,
Harve MacChesney is supposed to be waiting. Waiting for us with some stupendous secret about a
black, black witch.тАЭ

тАЬYes.тАЭ

тАЬDo you,тАЭ Monk asked, тАЬmind a candid question?тАЭ
тАЬGo ahead.тАЭ

тАЬWhat,тАЭ said Monk, тАЬdo you suppose it's all about?тАЭ

тАЬHarve MacChesney,тАЭ Doc said, тАЬis not the kind of a man to yell wolf when he sees a mouse.тАЭ

тАЬSo it's important, whatever it is?тАЭ

тАЬHarve MacChesney said it was in his note.тАЭ

Monk scratched his head. тАЬPersonally, all I know about Harve MacChesney is what I remember reading
in the newspapers. 'Harve MacChesney, of the United States diplomatic staff in Berlin, said this
morningтАФ' Stuff like that. And as I remember, he never had anything very important to say. He isn't a big
shot, is he?тАЭ

тАЬHe is a war prisoner,тАЭ Doc said. тАЬHe has been one for months. It is hard to be a war prisoner and a big
shot at the same time. It usually isn't done.тАЭ

тАЬForgotten man, huh?тАЭ

тАЬYou might call him that. He is one of the American diplomatic officials who has not been sent to the
United States in exchange for German diplomats.тАЭ

тАЬHe wouldn't,тАЭ said Monk, тАЬbe crazy?тАЭ

тАЬHe never has been.тАЭ

тАЬIf he wasn't crazy,тАЭ asked Monk, тАЬwhy'd he put in that stuff about a black, black witch?тАЭ

тАЬProbably because he had good reasons.тАЭ

тАЬDo you,тАЭ Monk inquired, тАЬknow what a black, black witch is?тАЭ

тАЬOnce upon a time,тАЭ Doc told him, тАЬa black, black witch lived in this part of France.тАЭ

тАЬWhen was that?тАЭ

тАЬIn 1555.тАЭ

тАЬThe sixteenth century, you mean?'