An Affair for the Baron
“He seemed to sweep her to him with one arm and snatch up the telephone in the same movement. Into the telephone he said quite calmly: “Please call again later.” To her, he said: “Stay behind the door. Don’t move.” He replaced the receiver and thrust her to a position in which she would be hidden when the door opened. All this, before there was another tap, even sharper.
“Just a minute!” Mannering flattened himself against the wall, opening the door while still standing on one side.
A man spoke ...in a voice so sing-song and unfamiliar that English ears could barely understand it.
“Waal, how about that?” The timbre of the voice seemed to swell in and out of the room, up and down the passage. “Did this door open by itself, d’you think? I’ll be goddarned if it isn’t enough to give me the heebie-jeebies.”
In his most English accent, Mannering said: “I can imagine that, sir. Do come in.”
At the first sound of the stranger’s voice, Ethel had started violently. Now she stared at the doorway in blank astonishment, as the door opened to admit their visitor, young, tall, good-looking in an angular, hawk-like way, wearing a wide-brimmed Stetson and a pale beige-coloured suit of some smooth textured material which looked like mohair.MoreLess
“Just a minute!” Mannering flattened himself against the wall, opening the door while still standing on one side.
A man spoke ...in a voice so sing-song and unfamiliar that English ears could barely understand it.
“Waal, how about that?” The timbre of the voice seemed to swell in and out of the room, up and down the passage. “Did this door open by itself, d’you think? I’ll be goddarned if it isn’t enough to give me the heebie-jeebies.”
In his most English accent, Mannering said: “I can imagine that, sir. Do come in.”
At the first sound of the stranger’s voice, Ethel had started violently. Now she stared at the doorway in blank astonishment, as the door opened to admit their visitor, young, tall, good-looking in an angular, hawk-like way, wearing a wide-brimmed Stetson and a pale beige-coloured suit of some smooth textured material which looked like mohair.MoreLess
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