Lost City by Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos
Author:Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos [Cussler, Clive & Kemprecos, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Suspense, Thrillers
ISBN: 9780425204191
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2004-01-01T19:00:00+00:00
"Follow me if you dare," Emil said with a smirking leer on his face,
and then he ducked under the jamb.
Laughing giddily, the guests paused, then with wine goblets in hand
they filed after Emil like the children of Hamlin following the Pied
Piper. Austin put his hand on Skye's arm and kept her from going with
the others.
"Make believe you're drunk," Austin said.
"I wish I were drunk," Skye said. "Merde. Here comes the dragon
lady."
Madame Fauchard glided over and said, "The Red Death must take its
leave, Monsieur Austin. Sorry we couldn't get to know each other
better."
"I am, too. That was an interesting toast Sir Cavendish gave," he
said, slurring his words.
"Great families are often the subject of malicious gossip." She turned
to Skye. "The masquerade is at an end. I believe you have a relic
that belongs to my family."
"What are you talking about?"
: "Don't toy with me. I know you have the helmet."
"Then it was you
who sent that awful man."
"Sebastian? No, he is my son's lapdog. If it's any consolation to
you, he will be eliminated as a result of his failures. Never mind, we
will persuade you to tell us where our property is. As for you,
Monsieur Austin, I must bid you farewell."
"Until we meet again," Austin said, swaying slightly. She gazed at him
with a look approaching sadness. "Yes. Until we meet again."
Escorted by an entourage of servants, Madame Fauchard headed for the
exit. Marcel had been standing nearby. Now he came over and curled
his lip in his movie gangster's smile. "Monsieur Emil would be
heartbroken if you missed the entertainment he has prepared for you."
"Wouldn't miss it for the world," Austin said, deliberately slurring
his words.
Marcel lit another torch and gestured toward the door. Austin and Skye
caught up with the tail end of the raucous crowd. Marcel took up the
rear to make sure they didn't stray.
The procession descended a short stone staircase to a passageway about
six feet wide. As the guests plunged deeper into the bowels of the
chateau, the laughter began to ebb. The merriment died completely
along with conversation, when the guests entered a section of tunnel
lined with eye-level stone shelves that overflowed with human bones.
Emil stopped in front of a shelf, picked out a skull at random and held
it above his head, where it grinned down at the guests as if amused by
their clever costumes.
"Welcome to the catacombs of Chateau Fauchard," Emil proclaimed with
the cheerfulness of a Disney World tour guide. "Meet one of my
ancestors. Pardon if he is a bit reserved. He doesn't get many
visitors."
He tossed the skull back into a recess, where it started a small
avalanche of femurs, ribs and clavicles. Then he forged ahead,
exhorting the guests to hurry or they would miss the show. The tunnel
entered a series of large, barred rooms that Emil explained were the
dungeons and torture chambers. Braziers had been set up in each room
so their flickering light was filtered through stained-glass screens of
different colors.
The strange colored light illuminated the wax faces of figures that
looked so lifelike no one would have been surprised if they had moved.
In one chamber, a great ape was stuffing a woman up a chimney.
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