Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, The by Adams Douglas

Author:Adams, Douglas [Adams, Douglas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, London (England), Space Opera, Detective and Mystery Fiction
ISBN: 9780671742515
Google: h7pjdEPBeGUC
Amazon: 0671742515
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 1988-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

Dirk Gently 2 - The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Chapter 20

Kate rounded on her guest as soon as they were both inside herflat with the door closed and Kate could be reasonably certainthat Neil wasn’t going to sneak back out of his flat and lurk dis-approvingly half way up the stairs. The continuing thumping ofhis bass was at least her guarantee of privacy.

“All right,” she said fiercely, “so what is the deal with theeagle then? What is the deal with all the street lights? Huh?”

The Norse God of Thunder looked at her awkwardly. He hadto remove his great horned helmet because it was bangingagainst the ceiling and leaving scratch marks in the plaster. Hetucked it under his arm.

“What is the deal,” continued Kate, “with the Coca-Colamachine? What is the deal with the hammer? What, in short, isthe big deal? Huh?”

Thor said nothing. He frowned for a second in arrogantirritation, then frowned in something that looked somewhat likeembarrassment, and then simply stood there and bled at her.

For a few seconds she resisted the impending internalcollapse of her attitude, and then realised it was just going to goto hell anyway so she might as well go with it.

“OK,” she muttered, “let’s get all that cleaned up. I’ll findsome antiseptic.”

She went to rummage in the kitchen cupboard and returnedwith a bottle to find Thor saying “No” at her.

“No what?” she said crossly, putting the bottle down on thetable with a bit of a bang.

“That,” said Thor, and pushed the bottle back at her. “No.”

“What’s the matter with it?”

Thor just shrugged and stared moodily at a corner of theroom. There was nothing that could be considered remotelyinteresting in that comer of the room, so he was clearly lookingat it out of sheer bloody-mindedness.

“Look, buster,” said Kate, “if I can call you buster, what - “

“Thor,” said Thor, “God of - “

“Yes,” said Kate, “you’ve told me all the things you’re Godof. I’m trying to clean up your arm.”

“Sedra,” said Thor, holding his bleeding arm out, but awayfrom her. He peered at it anxiously.

“What?”

“Crushed leaves of sedra. Oil of the kernel of the apricot.Infusion of bitter orange blossom. Oil of almonds. Sage andcomfrey. Not this.”

He pushed the bottle of antiseptic off the table and sank into amood.

“Right!” said Kate, picked up the bottle and hurled it at him.It rebounded off his cheekbone leaving an instant red mark.Thor lunged forward in a rage, but Kate simply stood her groundwith a finger pointed at him.

“You stay right there, buster!” she said, and he stopped.”Anything special you need for that?”

Thor looked puzzled for a moment.

“That!” said Kate, pointing at the blossoming bruise on hischeek.

“Vengeance,” said Thor.

“I’ll have to see what I can do,” said Kate. She turned on herheel and stalked out of the room.

Aher about two minutes of unseen activity Kate returned tothe room, trailed by wisps of steam.

“All right,” she said, “come with me.”

She led him into her bathroom. He followed her with a greatshow of reluctance, but he followed her. Kate had been trailedby wisps of steam because the bathroom was full of it.

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