-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Джон Джон Бакен
-
- Тридцать девять ступеней
-
- Стр. 62/83
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
"
I
must
see
Sir
Walter
,
"
I
panted
.
"
My
business
is
desperately
important
.
"
That
butler
was
a
great
man
.
Without
moving
a
muscle
he
held
the
door
open
,
and
then
shut
it
behind
me
.
"
Sir
Walter
is
engaged
,
sir
,
and
I
have
orders
to
admit
no
one
.
Perhaps
you
will
wait
.
"
The
house
was
of
the
old-fashioned
kind
,
with
a
wide
hall
and
rooms
on
both
sides
of
it
.
At
the
far
end
was
an
alcove
with
a
telephone
and
a
couple
of
chairs
,
and
there
the
butler
offered
me
a
seat
.
"
See
here
,
"
I
whispered
.
"
There
's
trouble
about
and
I
'm
in
it
.
But
Sir
Walter
knows
,
and
I
'm
working
for
him
.
If
anyone
comes
and
asks
if
I
am
here
,
tell
him
a
lie
.
"
He
nodded
,
and
presently
there
was
a
noise
of
voices
in
the
street
,
and
a
furious
ringing
at
the
bell
.
I
never
admired
a
man
more
than
that
butler
.
He
opened
the
door
,
and
with
a
face
like
a
graven
image
waited
to
be
questioned
.
Then
he
gave
them
it
.
He
told
them
whose
house
it
was
,
and
what
his
orders
were
,
and
simply
froze
them
off
the
doorstep
.
I
could
see
it
all
from
my
alcove
,
and
it
was
better
than
any
play
.
I
had
n't
waited
long
till
there
came
another
ring
at
the
bell
.
The
butler
made
no
bones
about
admitting
this
new
visitor
.
While
he
was
taking
off
his
coat
I
saw
who
it
was
.
You
could
n't
open
a
newspaper
or
a
magazine
without
seeing
that
face
--
the
grey
beard
cut
like
a
spade
,
the
firm
fighting
mouth
,
the
blunt
square
nose
,
and
the
keen
blue
eyes
.
I
recognized
the
First
Sea
Lord
,
the
man
,
they
say
,
that
made
the
new
British
Navy
.
He
passed
my
alcove
and
was
ushered
into
a
room
at
the
back
of
the
hall
.
As
the
door
opened
I
could
hear
the
sound
of
low
voices
.
It
shut
,
and
I
was
left
alone
again
.
For
twenty
minutes
I
sat
there
,
wondering
what
I
was
to
do
next
.
I
was
still
perfectly
convinced
that
I
was
wanted
,
but
when
or
how
I
had
no
notion
.
I
kept
looking
at
my
watch
,
and
as
the
time
crept
on
to
half-past
ten
I
began
to
think
that
the
conference
must
soon
end
.
In
a
quarter
of
an
hour
Royer
should
be
speeding
along
the
road
to
Portsmouth
...
Then
I
heard
a
bell
ring
,
and
the
butler
appeared
.
The
door
of
the
back
room
opened
,
and
the
First
Sea
Lord
came
out
.
He
walked
past
me
,
and
in
passing
he
glanced
in
my
direction
,
and
for
a
second
we
looked
each
other
in
the
face
.
