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The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu | Sax Rohmer | |
The Net |
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"Then why do you serve this inhuman monster?" She snapped her fingers oddly, and looked up at me from under her lashes. "Why do you question me if you think that everything I say is a lie?" It was a lesson in logic--from a woman! I changed the subject. "Tell me what you came here to do," I demanded. She pointed to the net in my hands. "To catch birds; you have said so yourself," "What bird?" She shrugged her shoulders. And now a memory was born within my brain; it was that of the cry of the nighthawk which had harbingered the death of Forsyth! The net was a large and strong one; could it be that some horrible fowl of the air--some creature unknown to Western naturalists--had been released upon the common last night? I thought of the marks upon Forsyth's face and throat; I thought of the profound knowledge of obscure and dreadful things possessed by the Chinaman The wrapping, in which the net had been, lay at my feet. I stooped and took out from it a wicker basket. Karamaneh stood watching me and biting her lip, but she made no move to check me. I opened the basket. It contained a large phial, the contents of which possessed a pungent and peculiar smell. I was utterly mystified. "You will have to accompany me to my house," I said sternly. |
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