"Kenneth Robeson - Doc Savage 173 - Once Over Lightly" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

IT took some time to accept the fact that I was on the stair landing exactly where I had been when I was
asking Glacia whether Keeper could be a race horse, maybe. One square look showed that it was the
stair landing, but accepting the fact took somewhat longer. But that's where I was. Now, why was I lying
down?

I worried about having laid down for a while, then got to my feet. Apparently I was as good as new.

тАЬWhat did you say?тАЭ Glacia's voice asked.

I turned around. She was sitting on the steps where they continued on upward from the landing.

She said, тАЬA race horse? I don't know. Could be.тАЭ She also got to her feet. She touched her blonde hair
absently with a hand. тАЬWhat happened? Did you fall down?тАЭ

тАЬI don't know,тАЭ I said truthfully.

тАЬI didn't hear you fall,тАЭ she said. тАЬBut you were on the floor.тАЭ

тАЬWhy didn't you pick me up?тАЭ I asked.

тАЬBut I had barely turnedтАФI didn't even hear you. You were getting up when I saw you.тАЭ
тАЬLook, honey, I'm getting damned tired of your denials!тАЭ I said sharply.

тАЬWhat denials?тАЭ

тАЬYou were sitting down when I woke up. What were you doing, sitting there waiting for me to pick
myself up?тАЭ

She opened her mouth. Denial was there. ThenтАФher lips remained partedтАФshe looked stunned.
Shocked.

тАЬI wasтАФsitting down, wasn't I?тАЭ She mumbled.

тАЬGlacia!тАЭ

She shook her head vacantly. She had trouble with her words, taking them out one at a time as if they
were frightened little animals.

тАЬWhat didтАФI don't understandтАФOh, God, what happened to us, Mote?тАЭ

Her frightened small words dived into the silence and were gone.

Jumping forward, I seized her purse and opened it and found the envelope from the strongbox was still
there. Uncle Waldo's last will and testament was intact in the envelope. I slid it back into the envelope,
dropped that into the purse, and snapped the thing shut.

тАЬWhy did you do that?тАЭ Glacia asked wildly.

тАЬBecause I think we were unconscious. But don't ask me how long or from what cause.тАЭ