By Dorothy B. Hughes
An escapee from a Spanish felony hunts for his most sensible friend's killer in New YorkFor greater than a yr, equipment McKittrick languishes in a Fascist criminal, his days spent in darkness and his nights tortured by means of worry of his limping jailer, whose identify he by no means learns. He escapes Spain with assistance from Louie Lepetino, a adolescence pal who got here with him to struggle on behalf of the Republican reason. again within the usa, package heads out West to get over his ordeal, whereas Louie returns to a lifetime of caf\u00e9s and cocktail events in manhattan. yet Kit's convalescence is lower brief whilst he learns Louie has taken a deadly tumble out of a window, and he trips to manhattan to find who gave his savior the ultimate push. Only a lady can have led Louie to his dying, equipment thinks, and big apple is filled with femmes fatales. yet human being, Louie's assassin should still beware of package: He wishes vengeance, and he's prepared to kill for it.
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I frowned. “I have to THE FIRE 45 sleep, Kevin. ” My voice trailed away. ” I jumped, tried to refocus my attention on him. ” I sighed. “No. I hit him with a stick—knocked him out. ” “Wait a minute …” I seemed to drift away from him. It became too much trouble for me to go on listening and trying to understand, too much trouble to answer. I sighed again and closed my eyes. I heard him get up and go away, heard water running somewhere. Then I slept. 6 I was clean when I awoke before dawn the next morning.
He got up. I felt him lift me. ” “Listen, don’t be afraid. ” “No. Look, all he did was hit me a few times. ” Suddenly I had strength again, now that I needed it. “Kevin, I went from here the first time, and this second time. And I came back here. ” But he had stopped. “No one who sees you leave or come back will believe it. ” “Please. Just let me sleep. That’s all I need really—rest. The cuts and bruises will heal. ” He took me back to the bed, probably against his better judgment, and put me down.
The four men rushed in with it, and a moment later, three people were shoved, almost thrown out of the cabin. Two of them—a man and woman—were caught by the riders outside who had dismounted, apparently expecting them. The third, a little girl dressed in something long and light colored, was allowed to fall to the ground and scramble away, ignored by the men. She moved to within a few yards of where I lay in the bushes near the edge of the clearing. There was talk in the clearing now, and I began to distinguish words over the distance and through the unfamiliar accents.