High Citadel / Landslide
“Howard and I had a yelling match over Matterson’s prostrate body. Howard did most of the yelling—I was trying to cool him off. The chauffeur came across from the Bentley at a dead run, and Mac pulled me away. He jerked his thumb at Howard. ‘He’ll be too busy with his father to attend to you—but Jimmy Waystrand won’t, if he comes up here. Howard will sick his boys on to you like dogs on to a rabbit. We’d better get out of here.’ I hesitated. The old man looked bad and I wanted to stay to see tha...t he was all right; but I saw the force of Mac’s argument—this was no place to linger any more. ‘Come on,’ I said. ‘Let’s move.’ Clarry Summerskill met us and said, ‘What happened—did you hit the old guy?’ ‘For God’s sake!’ said Mac disgustedly. ‘He had a heartattack. Get into the jeep.’ ‘What about the rig?’ asked Clarry.
‘We leave it,’ I said. ‘We’ve done all we can here.’ I stared across the hillside at the small group below the dam. ‘Maybe we’ve done too much.’ I drove the jeep down the hill prepared for trouble, but nothing happened as we passed the powerhouse and when we were on the road out I relaxed.MoreLess
‘We leave it,’ I said. ‘We’ve done all we can here.’ I stared across the hillside at the small group below the dam. ‘Maybe we’ve done too much.’ I drove the jeep down the hill prepared for trouble, but nothing happened as we passed the powerhouse and when we were on the road out I relaxed.MoreLess
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