Assignment - Budapest
“The wound was in her shoulder, below the collar bone, and from the slow pumping of blood he knew a large vein had been severed. He lifted her limp wrist and felt for a pulse. There was a dim and faraway beat that felt thready under his anxious fingers. She was still alive.
“Dee,” he whispered, “Dee, forgive me. I had to do it.”
A faint whisper of breath between her lips made him wonder if she had heard his anguished words. He was no longer conscious of the pain from his own wound. He wr...iggled out of his coat and folded it and lifted her head to rest upon it, and then he took his handkerchief and made a rough bandage over the bleeding bullet hole, ripping at her clothing to get at it. Leaving her, he went to the telephone and dialed the operator, knowing that Art Greenwald would be listening in.
“There’s been an accident,” he said tersely, and he gave Deirdre Padgett’s name. “Send a doctor and an ambulance at once.”MoreLess
“Dee,” he whispered, “Dee, forgive me. I had to do it.”
A faint whisper of breath between her lips made him wonder if she had heard his anguished words. He was no longer conscious of the pain from his own wound. He wr...iggled out of his coat and folded it and lifted her head to rest upon it, and then he took his handkerchief and made a rough bandage over the bleeding bullet hole, ripping at her clothing to get at it. Leaving her, he went to the telephone and dialed the operator, knowing that Art Greenwald would be listening in.
“There’s been an accident,” he said tersely, and he gave Deirdre Padgett’s name. “Send a doctor and an ambulance at once.”MoreLess
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