"Gene Wolfe - The Case of the Vanishing Ghost" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wolfe Gene)

"It was always regular as clockwork before. Morning, noon and night it might be seen from the
battlements to the dungeon, sometimes screaming, sometimes giggling, sometimes shrieking
imprecations in Greek, but always there. Now it is there no longer."

"Sir Humphrey, is it not correct that your closest neighbor at the castle is a Mr. G. Ruesom?"

"It is."

"And is it not also correct that Mr. Ruesom is an expert on supernatural matters?"

"He is, but I consulted him, and he declares himself helpless."

"Is it not also true that Mr. Ruesom did not take part in the foxhunt?"

"Right-ho."

"Then, Sir Humphrey, I will undertake to aid you in regaining your ghost for 5,000 pounds
sterling."

"Done, and God bless you!"