The Thousand Faces of Night (1961) by Higgins Jack

Author:Higgins, Jack [Higgins, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-03-21T00:32:10+00:00

Chapter 7.

Mac returned in the late afternoon of the following day. Marlowe was working on one of the trucks when he heard the engine. He straightened up and started to wipe his hands on an old rag as Mac drove straight into the barn and came to a halt. He switched off and jumped to the ground.

'So you got the truck back?' Marlowe said as he approached.

The Jamaican shook his head. 'Yes, but the load was missing when the police found it. Man, I feel real bad about this.'

Marlowe offered him a cigarette. 'Don't start blaming yourself. The same thing would have happened to me.'

'How's the old man?' Mac asked.

Marlowe struck a match on the wall and held it out to him. 'Not so good. He's taken it pretty hard, and on top of that his rheumatism's got worse. He's in bed.'

'This is going to break him,' Mac said bitterly. 'The dirty bastards.'

'Never mind about them at the moment,' Marlowe said. 'Tell me what happened.'

Mac spread his hands in a gesture of bewilderment. 'That's the crazy thing. Nothing happened. I'd been driving for about three hours when I came to this transport cafe near Peterborough. I parked alongside about fifteen other trucks, and went in and had a cup of tea and a sandwich. When I came out fifteen minutes later, the truck had gone.'

'What did you do then?'

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