The Savage Salome (1960)
“"Yes?" she asked breathlessly.
There was a twitch in her voice as well as in her eyes. She held the door tight, ready to slam it in my face if I moved an eyeUd.
"I'm Danny Boyd," I told her. Then I turned my head a little so she got the full impact of the right profile—that way she could make her own comparison with Adonis coming out the loser like always.
"Who?" I figured the blue-framed glasses should have told me she was myopic enough to miss the profile at close range even. The ...heavy lenses magnified her eyes like two muddy pools where something unspeakable lurked just beneath the surface.
"I have got the right suite?" I asked doubtfully. "I'm looking for Donna Alberta." "Oh, yes!" She nodded vigorously. "I'm Helen Mills— her secretary." "She called me an hour back," I said patiendy, "and asked me to come right over." Helen Mills looked undecided like she couldn't make up her mind if it was the truth, or more probably I was a rapist out for my morning's exercise.MoreLess
There was a twitch in her voice as well as in her eyes. She held the door tight, ready to slam it in my face if I moved an eyeUd.
"I'm Danny Boyd," I told her. Then I turned my head a little so she got the full impact of the right profile—that way she could make her own comparison with Adonis coming out the loser like always.
"Who?" I figured the blue-framed glasses should have told me she was myopic enough to miss the profile at close range even. The ...heavy lenses magnified her eyes like two muddy pools where something unspeakable lurked just beneath the surface.
"I have got the right suite?" I asked doubtfully. "I'm looking for Donna Alberta." "Oh, yes!" She nodded vigorously. "I'm Helen Mills— her secretary." "She called me an hour back," I said patiendy, "and asked me to come right over." Helen Mills looked undecided like she couldn't make up her mind if it was the truth, or more probably I was a rapist out for my morning's exercise.MoreLess
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