And Having Writ . . . by Donald R. Bensen

Author:Donald R. Bensen
Language: eng
Format: epub

Tired after our journey to and from Washington, we slept late the next morning. I, in fact, did so to a lesser extent than I should have preferred, as I was awakened from a comfortable, sound slumber by Oxford's hand shaking my shoulder.

"If a fellow's been on the trains for hours and frozen his ears and nose in some primitive ceremony, and hung about a reception and all that," I said, "it seems to me that that fellow ought to be able to sleep a bit and not have a fellow shaking a fellow's shoulder."

"I believe," Oxford said, "that you told me the President said you'd have his answer about the trip this morning?"

"Oh," I said, sitting up. "It's come, then? What is it?"

Oxford strode to the window of my room, raised the shade and then the window itself, admitting a gust of chilly air. "Take a look."

I got out of bed and went to where he stood. When I leaned out the window, I could see the front entrance to the house. I could also see the two uniformed men who stood in front of it, each resting on his shoulder a firearm equipped with a sort of knife on the front part.

The two others at each visible corner of the house were similarly equipped.

"That's the answer," Oxford said grimly. "A detachment of Marines—to keep us under house arrest!"

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