Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 329 by Maxwel l Grant

Author:Maxwel,l Grant
Language: eng
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CRY SHADOW!

The shrouded, almost invisible shape moved in silence along the upstairs hall until he reached a door marked Private. The voice was speaking inside the private office. It was the voice of Hubert Adrian. Silent and invisible, The Shadow entered the private office.

Hubert Adrian sat behind his littered desk. The tall, elegant man was talking on the telephone.

His desk was piled with papers that had been taken from the various drawers. An open suitcase lay on the floor behind the desk. The well-dressed gallery owner had been packing. Now, on the telephone, his brow was beaded with sweat even in the cool and air-conditioned office. A single light burned on the desk, the rest of the office was in thick shadow as Adrian wiped his face and talked.

". . . . Yes, yes, Cranston must be on the trail of Kitt, of course. I know that, he talked too much about Pre-Columbian art and engraving. Perhaps he was satisfied with the explanation about Kitt coming to have us handle his stuff but I can't be sure. If he wasn't satisfied we exposed too much, Yes, yes, all right. But we have to pull out, I won't risk it any more!"

The gallery owner mopped his sweating face as he listened. His handkerchief was soaking wet. "No, Cranston is minor, it's the other two that worry me. Cranston at least we know. Who the devil was that man in the cellar, how did he find us? Yes, yes, but what about that other one?

The one in black! My God, he looks like some kind of fanatic! No, I can't risk it any more. There are too many of them nosing around, we need a new cover, a shift of operations."

The Shadow, hidden in the dark recesses of the private office, strained to hear the voice on the other end of the telephone. He could not make it out. His super-keen ears heard the voice, a low, cold, even voice that never rose or fell but spoke steadily and without haste, but he could not

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