The Smog (2014)
“Marion exclaimed from just behind the men. “Look!”
“Now we’ll have to get out,” Griselda said, with a break in her voice. “Stephen, you can’t insist on staying.”
“Everyone out the back way, at once,” Palfrey ordered. “Costain, will you drive my car to the back? Professor, will you—”
He did not complete what he was going to say, for several masked men broke through the smog, dim figures at first, then more sharply defined. As they drew near, the first man pushed his mask to one side ...and called out: “Dr. Palfrey! We can’t contain this—get everyone away at once.”
“They’ve already started,” Palfrey said. “Do you know where the stuff is coming from?”
“It seemed to start near the gates of the Manor,” the man answered. “For God’s sake—”
He broke off, kicking against a stone and pitching forward – and as he did so a wisp of the smog rose up from the spot where he had tripped.MoreLess
“Now we’ll have to get out,” Griselda said, with a break in her voice. “Stephen, you can’t insist on staying.”
“Everyone out the back way, at once,” Palfrey ordered. “Costain, will you drive my car to the back? Professor, will you—”
He did not complete what he was going to say, for several masked men broke through the smog, dim figures at first, then more sharply defined. As they drew near, the first man pushed his mask to one side ...and called out: “Dr. Palfrey! We can’t contain this—get everyone away at once.”
“They’ve already started,” Palfrey said. “Do you know where the stuff is coming from?”
“It seemed to start near the gates of the Manor,” the man answered. “For God’s sake—”
He broke off, kicking against a stone and pitching forward – and as he did so a wisp of the smog rose up from the spot where he had tripped.MoreLess
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