Duskin (2013)
“It was empty, absolutely empty, of the clutter that had been there for weeks.
A typewriter neatly covered with its rubber hood sat straight in the middle of the desk, and a mahogany letter tray occupied the right-hand corner.
He opened the right-hand top drawer and found an array of stationery and pencils and erasers and the like. He investigated the other drawers and found the neat bundles of sorted letters, each with its label, the top one bearing the admonition IMPORTANT. Immediate.
He glanc...ed at them and frowned to think he had forgotten them. She was a clever girl. She was going to be a great help. She had shown sense.
Then the city clock struck half past seven and he turned away, remembering that he had an important engagement to meet a man at eight and he must snatch some dinner and dress. He hurried over to the garage where he kept a cheap second-hand car, which he had purchased when he first came to town, and drove as rapidly up the street as the traffic would allow.
His way led him past the hotel where Carol was staying, and as he turned down the side street, he noticed just ahead at the side entrance of the hotel a young man helping a girl into a big car.MoreLess
A typewriter neatly covered with its rubber hood sat straight in the middle of the desk, and a mahogany letter tray occupied the right-hand corner.
He opened the right-hand top drawer and found an array of stationery and pencils and erasers and the like. He investigated the other drawers and found the neat bundles of sorted letters, each with its label, the top one bearing the admonition IMPORTANT. Immediate.
He glanc...ed at them and frowned to think he had forgotten them. She was a clever girl. She was going to be a great help. She had shown sense.
Then the city clock struck half past seven and he turned away, remembering that he had an important engagement to meet a man at eight and he must snatch some dinner and dress. He hurried over to the garage where he kept a cheap second-hand car, which he had purchased when he first came to town, and drove as rapidly up the street as the traffic would allow.
His way led him past the hotel where Carol was staying, and as he turned down the side street, he noticed just ahead at the side entrance of the hotel a young man helping a girl into a big car.MoreLess
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