Mr Impossible
“RUPERT SAID IN AN UNDERTONE. “I can’t see you to catch you, and a concussion would be a problem.”
“Don’t be absurd,” she said. “I never faint.”
If her voice hadn’t risen a notch above her normal pitch, he might have believed she was perfectly composed. But he was learning the changes in her voice, and he’d noticed her propensity for hiding things. Her body, for instance. That wasn’t all.
He’d work on the other secrets once they got out of the present difficulty.
“Stay put and ke...ep talking, but softly,” he said. He was listening. The guides’ footsteps had faded. Outside the chamber silence reigned. He didn’t trust it. Someone was there, he was certain.
Meanwhile he needed to get his bearings. The dark was prodigious. He’d never experienced anything quite like it.
“I shall not faint,” she said. “I freely admit, however, that our present situation is not conducive to an easy frame of mind.”MoreLess
“Don’t be absurd,” she said. “I never faint.”
If her voice hadn’t risen a notch above her normal pitch, he might have believed she was perfectly composed. But he was learning the changes in her voice, and he’d noticed her propensity for hiding things. Her body, for instance. That wasn’t all.
He’d work on the other secrets once they got out of the present difficulty.
“Stay put and ke...ep talking, but softly,” he said. He was listening. The guides’ footsteps had faded. Outside the chamber silence reigned. He didn’t trust it. Someone was there, he was certain.
Meanwhile he needed to get his bearings. The dark was prodigious. He’d never experienced anything quite like it.
“I shall not faint,” she said. “I freely admit, however, that our present situation is not conducive to an easy frame of mind.”MoreLess
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