Henry And Cato
Henry And Cato
“He was now walking very slowly back towards the middle of the bridge. He was breathing deeply, conscious of a noisy counterpoint of breath and heartbeat. He felt nervously impelled to hold his in-drawn drawn too long and then to gasp. The revolver in its case, heavy and awkward inside his macintosh pocket, banged irregularly against his thigh at each step.
It was after midnight. The last tardy concert-goers from the Royal Festival Hall had passed over and gone home. Yet even now he was maddenin...gly not alone upon the bridge. The mist, which he had welcomed, baffled him. Damp and grey and gauzy and slightly in motion it arose from the Thames and surrounded him, seeming transparent and yet concealing the lights of the embankment on either side and deadening the footsteps of figures who, persistently appearing, would suddenly materialize close to him and go by with a suspicious gait. Or were these all shrouded apparitions of the same man, some plain-clothes police officer perhaps, whose task it was to patrol the bridge?MoreLess
It was after midnight. The last tardy concert-goers from the Royal Festival Hall had passed over and gone home. Yet even now he was maddenin...gly not alone upon the bridge. The mist, which he had welcomed, baffled him. Damp and grey and gauzy and slightly in motion it arose from the Thames and surrounded him, seeming transparent and yet concealing the lights of the embankment on either side and deadening the footsteps of figures who, persistently appearing, would suddenly materialize close to him and go by with a suspicious gait. Or were these all shrouded apparitions of the same man, some plain-clothes police officer perhaps, whose task it was to patrol the bridge?MoreLess
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