The Avenger 20 - the Green Killer
““Did you say Stahl?” she exclaimed. “You are going to the aid of Alden Stahl?”
The Avenger’s pale, calm eyes swung to her. They were still without expression of any kind. It looked as if the whole bottom had dropped out of his plan, but no disappointment, nothing, showed in his face.
“We are,” he said. “Stahl is your uncle, isn’t he?”
It was the turn of all of them to gasp at this. How had The Avenger known that?
The girl nodded. “I am Marge Stahl, his brother’s daughter. My fol...ks died many years ago, and Uncle Alden has been all of my family. We have been very . . . close.”
“And you got a letter from him recently that upset you very much?”
“Yes.” The girl looked almost fearfully at the pale eyes. “How did you know? I’m sure I must have been unconscious or something, for days. I’m sure I couldn’t have told you.”MoreLess
The Avenger’s pale, calm eyes swung to her. They were still without expression of any kind. It looked as if the whole bottom had dropped out of his plan, but no disappointment, nothing, showed in his face.
“We are,” he said. “Stahl is your uncle, isn’t he?”
It was the turn of all of them to gasp at this. How had The Avenger known that?
The girl nodded. “I am Marge Stahl, his brother’s daughter. My fol...ks died many years ago, and Uncle Alden has been all of my family. We have been very . . . close.”
“And you got a letter from him recently that upset you very much?”
“Yes.” The girl looked almost fearfully at the pale eyes. “How did you know? I’m sure I must have been unconscious or something, for days. I’m sure I couldn’t have told you.”MoreLess
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