The Touch of Death (2014)
“He was halfway between the outcrop and the chalet. A dozen or more people were near him. All turned and looked towards the aircraft. One man was within two yards, and Banister heard him muttering to himself, almost in supplication, as if frightened.
Everyone had stopped moving.
The aircraft sped on between the mountain peaks, a silver fish which appeared to go steadily and smoothly, not swaying from side to side. The black “thing” which had come from its belly was still a falling dark s...hape, but above it a parachute had mushroomed out, and the great silk envelope swayed gently in the wind, checking the fall of the man who came down.
Was it a man?
Banister’s jaws hurt because he was clenching his teeth so tightly; the palms of his hands were sore because of the same kind of pressure. He began to move forward. It was a man, there was no doubt about that; and soon he would be on the ground, buried in the snow that would break his fall.MoreLess
Everyone had stopped moving.
The aircraft sped on between the mountain peaks, a silver fish which appeared to go steadily and smoothly, not swaying from side to side. The black “thing” which had come from its belly was still a falling dark s...hape, but above it a parachute had mushroomed out, and the great silk envelope swayed gently in the wind, checking the fall of the man who came down.
Was it a man?
Banister’s jaws hurt because he was clenching his teeth so tightly; the palms of his hands were sore because of the same kind of pressure. He began to move forward. It was a man, there was no doubt about that; and soon he would be on the ground, buried in the snow that would break his fall.MoreLess
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