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

тАЬSure,тАЭ Doctor Benson said, hiding his discouragement. He knew she wouldn't dress up, and he decided
to take her to the Colony after all, just to make her feel uncomfortable if he could, among all the rich
clientele which patronized the Colony.



MISS CLAYTON laughed at the idea of the Colony and said sure, why not. She was wearing
low-heeled shoes and a sweater, like a college kid, except that she had an air about her. Doctor Benson
proceeded grimly to the Colony. He winced when Miss Clayton said, тАЬHy'yah, Mike,тАЭ to the doorman.
And he was embarrassed when they got one of the tables that were given to people the management
wanted seen.

Miss Clayton, he reflected, was a damned deceitful package, because such a piquant and sassy looking
girl really shouldn't have any brains. Not an Intellect, anyway. And Miss Clayton had an Intellect. She
was something or other in a concern manufacturing something complicated and electrical. Whatever Miss
Clayton was to this outfit, it entitled her to the most impressive office in the place, and two secretaries.
Miss Clayton was a gold brick enclosed in a tinsel wrapper, to Benson's way of thinking.

тАЬWhat,тАЭ demanded Miss Clayton, тАЬis corroding you?тАЭ

тАЬEh?тАЭ

тАЬYou're acting,тАЭ said Miss Clayton, тАЬlike a man who forgot to wear his suspenders.тАЭ

Doctor Benson smiled wryly. тАЬI imagine I'm still upset over a rather disagreeable experience I had this
afternoon.тАЭ
тАЬYou mean the accident in which Doc Savage was burned?тАЭ

тАЬHow on earth did you know about that?тАЭ

тАЬOh, it's in the newspapers,тАЭ Miss Clayton said. тАЬWhy do you think we got a front row seat here
tonight?тАЭ

тАЬWhat? Good God, what do you mean?тАЭ

тАЬThe newspaper accounts make you out the hero who saved Doc Savage,тАЭ said Miss Clayton.

This was genuinely news to Benson, who colored deeply, then said savagely, тАЬLet's get out of here! They
must think I'm a damned show-off!тАЭ

тАЬYou mean, you haven't seen the newspapers?тАЭ

тАЬOf course not!тАЭ

тАЬI'm glad of that,тАЭ Miss Clayton said. тАЬI was afraid you were really the kind of a rat I've always halfway
suspected you of being.тАЭ

Benson grimaced. тАЬYou've made cracks like that before, and I didn't like it. Why do you say such
things?тАЭ