"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 127 - Hell Below" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

тАЬListen, pup, I tell youтАФтАЭ

тАЬSit down. The head guy can't see you. He's got troubles of his own right now.тАЭ

Old Too-Too Thomas gave his tooled leather belt a hitch, the belt that had an enormous silver and gold
buckle set with diamonds of respectable size. He crossed the room and took a chair, stretched his feet
out in front of him and scowled at the toes of his embroidered cowboy boots.

Then he frowned at the door of the inner office. There were voices behind the door, and he had noticed
that they were getting a little louder.

тАЬI been in Washington seven hours,тАЭ he said. тАЬAnd as near as I am to that door is as close as I've got to
anybody who amounts to anything.тАЭ

тАЬBelieve me, pardner,тАЭ said the young man, тАЬsome fellows are in Washington seven months and don't get
that close.тАЭ

тАЬMule feathers!тАЭ said Too-Too Thomas.

Suddenly there was no question about the voices getting louder in the inner office. They were very loud.
They were angry.

One voice said: тАЬYou're not going to get in the shooting end of the war. That's the decision. You keep
right on with what you are doing.тАЭ

тАЬWho's that?тАЭ asked Too-Too Thomas.

тАЬThe head guy,тАЭ said the clerk.

A second voice said: тАЬThat is the same song and dance you've been giving us since the war started. My
five aides are tired of it. I'm tired of it. We want action!тАЭ

тАЬWho's that?тАЭ asked Too-Too Thomas.

тАЬA man who wants to fight,тАЭ said the clerk.

тАЬThat makes two of us,тАЭ said Too-Too Thomas. тАЬWho is he, besides a voice that's shaking the building?тАЭ

тАЬHis name,тАЭ said the clerk, тАЬis Doc Savage.тАЭ

тАЬDoc Savage, eh?тАЭ

тАЬEver hear of him?тАЭ

тАЬNo.тАЭ

тАЬBless us!тАЭ the clerk said. тАЬWhere did you say you came from, the planet of Mars?тАЭ

тАЬI came from the Dirty Man Rancho in the foothills of the Sierra Santa Clara in Lower California, where
the pigs chase mountain lions,тАЭ Too-Too Thomas said. тАЬA man's country.тАЭ