The Satan Bug
“Over dinner I'd told her the whole story— the whole story. I'd never seen her scared before, but she was that now. Badly. Two frightened people in a car. We reached Chessingham's house about a quarter to eight. It was an old-fashioned, flat-roofed, stone-built affair with long narrow windows and a flight of stone steps leading up to the front door over a moat-like trench that ran right round the house and gave light to the basement. High trees, sighing in the cold night wind, surrounded the hou...se on four sides and it was beginning to rain heavily. It was a place and a night in keeping with our mood. Chessingham had heard the car and met us at the top of the steps. He looked pale and strained but there was nothing in that, everyone who was in anyway connected with ‘E’ block had every reason for looking pale and strained that day. " Cavell," he said. He didn't offer his hand, but opened the door wide and stood sideways to let us in. "I heard you were in Mordon. Must say I didn't expect you out here though.MoreLess
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