"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 155 - Measures For a Coffin" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

Doctor Benson watched the dressing of Doc Savage's injuries, and the bandaging.

тАЬGet me a mirror,тАЭ Doc Savage requested. And then, when he had examined himself: тАЬI look like a
mummy!тАЭ

тАЬI'm certainly sorry about this,тАЭ Doctor Benson said.

Doc Savage laughed. тАЬYou should be! It was your idea to slip out through that side door.тАЭ And then,
when the remorse on Benson's face actually became horrifying, he added hastily, тАЬI was kidding you,
Joe. It was an accident. Stop looking like that. It was nobody's fault. Go on home and let me get some
sleep.тАЭ

тАЬIs there anything I can do?тАЭ

тАЬNot a thing,тАЭ Doc Savage said.

тАЬWell, good night.тАЭ

тАЬGood night, Joe.тАЭ

Doc Savage watched Benson leave, then lay back thoughtfully on the hospital bed. He asked one of the
nurses if any fatalities had resulted from the fire, and she said she would find out, soon reporting there
hadn't. тАЬThank you,тАЭ Doc said. тАЬCould I have a telephone plugged in, please?тАЭ
тАЬYou are supposed to rest.тАЭ

тАЬI will,тАЭ he promised, тАЬafter I make a call.тАЭ

The telephone call he made was to the desk sergeant at the district police station, an inquiry for
information. He learned successively that the taxicab drivers, both of them, were being held, that the
gasoline transport truck driver had been in a restaurant when the accident happened, that one cab had
been found to have a broken steering gear.

тАЬThe accident seemed legitimate, then?тАЭ Doc asked.

тАЬOh, sure.тАЭ

тАЬThank you, Sergeant.тАЭ

The nurse took the telephone, said, тАЬYou cut out this activity, or we'll give you another hypo.тАЭ

Startled, he said, тАЬAnother!тАЭ He hadn't realized he had had one already, and suddenly he concluded that
he had been burned worse than he thought.

Either that, or he was more disturbed than he had thought by the feeling there was something off-tune
about the accident.



HE closed his eyes and, to satisfy the hypo-minded nurse, pretended to compose himself, but actually