Please Do Feed The Cat by Babson Marian

Author:Babson, Marian [Babson, Marian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Dorian began to laugh into the stunned silence. 'The idiot has put Macho under, too!'

'Let's think of some good questions to ask!' Freddie snorted. Betty Alvin giggled nervously.

'Quiet, please, quiet!' Redmoor pleaded desperately. 'You mustn't startle them . . . wake them at this stage. It might be dangerous.'

'Why did he go under and not me?' Adele was aggrieved. 'I was the one who wanted to be hypnotized!'

'Please . . . please . . .'

'As an informed guess, I'd say Macho is a lot more suggestible than you are.' Dorian was still chuckling.

'Please . . . this is not a joke. The consequences to them could be serious.'

'There's a car coming along behind us,' Gemma said. 'I can hear it, but not see it. Its headlights are too dim. And it doesn't sound roadworthy. All those rattling noises. I'm sure it's not safe . . .'

A rattly car, barely roadworthy. Lorinda could not resist a sideways glance at Betty Alvin, who seemed no longer disposed to giggle.

'Don't think I don't recognize that smell in the air . . .' Macho sounded cross, he spoke with more animation than Gemma. Perhaps that instruction about calm had been so directed at her that it had bypassed him. 'I used to be a schoolteacher, you know. It's not unknown to me. Is that why you've brought us here? To pick up a fresh supply of whatever drug you use?'

'Shut up, you fool!' Cressie snapped.

'Doggies, doggies, why are you so restless tonight? The sooner I get you home the better. I don't know what's got into you both tonight.'

'That man over there, the one who looks like a bouncer.' Macho lifted his head and looked into the distance. 'I think he's waving at you. Do you know him?'

'Shut up! Shut up!' Cressie lurched forward, hand raised to strike. Adele caught her arm and pushed her back into her seat.

'He may be suggestible, but he doesn't like orders,' Abby Borley observed. 'I can't say I blame him.'

'Silence! I insist!' Redmoor had found his authority again. 'If not, I clear the room! All of you — out!'

That startled them into the silence he required.

'You can't —' Cressie began.

'I can — and I will! The safety of my subjects is of paramount importance! I will not have it endangered!'

'He's right,' Abby Borley said. 'I think we'd better do as he says. He's the man who knows.'

'Leave? Now? But we've just arrived,' Macho protested. 'Oh ... is it because that man in the corner is shaking his fist at you? He seems to know you ... he doesn't seem to like you.'

'Shut your mouth, damn you!' Cressie snarled. She made another lunge towards him, but Adele was ready. Cressie found herself hurled back into her seat. Adele moved forward and stood over her, blocking any further moves.

'No, Lionheart, no!' Gemma said. 'You've investigated that lamp post quite long enough. Now do what you must and hurry up about it. I want to get home and — Oh! Oh, no! No .

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