Campion 16 Tether's End (Hide My Eyes) by Margery Allingham

Author:Margery Allingham [Allingham, Margery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

The road he walked on was extraordinary. There was not a house on it. The buildings on the side opposite to the fence were roofless and ruined, the filthy glass in the windows broken and ghostly in the moonlight. They had been stables at one time, Richard thought, and now looked like relics of an age as dead as the pharaohs.

He stumbled on, cursing himself for an idiot, the worn stones greasy under his feet, until unexpectedly he came upon a much broader road running at right angles to his own and leading apparently directly into the Dump itself. The way was barred by a pair of stout doors which were very tall and completely black against the sky.

For a moment he thought he was defeated and was on the point of turning away when it occurred to him that he might as well try them. He was looking for the lock when he discovered a small postern built into the left-hand door.

It opened to his touch and he was about to step forward when a terrier, who was tethered just inside, sprang up barking hysterically and a voice, also uncannily near, let out a stream of comment equally violent.

“What d’yer want?” it demanded finally.

“Mr. Hawker.” Richard was too startled to invent. The name had been in his mind and he uttered it.

“Orl right.” The voice was lowered and had become conversational. “Shut up, Jack! Down boy. ’E ain’t ’ere, I don’t think,” it continued. “I didn’t ’ear ’im come in yet.”

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