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The Society of Flies
Gaylon Barrow
其他書名
This Is Going to Change Tomorrow. - Are You Going to Poison Him?
出版
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
, 2010-02-11
主題
Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
Fiction / Thrillers / General
ISBN
1450589294
9781450589291
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=VoGIRAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Dan laughed and watched the street lights flash past the blurred windows as the taxi turned up the Haymarket. He wondered where they were going, and as he believed that Penn would not give him any information he carefully watched to see the route. His companion adjusted his silk muffler well over his mouth, with a murmured explanation about his weak lungs, and then held out a silver cigarette case to Dan, clicking it open as he did so."Will you smoke, Mr. Holliday?""No, thank you," replied the other, cautiously, "for the present, I don't care about it," and Penn shrugged his shoulders, evidently understanding that Dan did not trust him or his gifts. After a time he took out a cigarette and lighted a match."These cigarettes are of a particular kind," heremarked, and blew a cloud of smoke directly under Holliday's nose, after which he readjusted the muffler, not only over his mouth, but over his nose.Dan started, for the whiff of smoke filled the close confinement of the taxi with the well-known flavor of the Sumatra scent. He was about to make a remark when the scent grew stronger as the cigarette burned steadily with a red, smoldering tip, and he felt suddenly faint. "Pull down the window," he gasped, and leaned forward to do so himself.For answer, Penn suddenly pulled the young man back into his seat, and enveloped him in a cloud of drowsy smoke, keeping his own mouth and nose well covered meanwhile with the silk muffler. Holliday made a faint struggle to retain his senses and the control of his muscles, but the known world receded rapidly from him, and he seemed to be withdrawn into gulfs of utter gloom. The last coherent thought which came into his mind was that the pretended cigarette produced by Penn was a drugged pastille.
