Chapter 27

           ICREPTtotheirdoorsandlistened;theywassnoring.SoItiptoedalong,andgotdownstairsallright.Therewarn’tasoundanywheres.Ipeepedthroughacrackofthedining-roomdoor,andseethementhatwaswatchingthecorpseallsoundasleepontheirchairs.Thedoorwasopenintotheparlor,wherethecorpsewaslaying,andtherewasacandleinbothrooms.Ipassedalong,andtheparlordoorwasopen;butIseetherewarn’tnobodyintherebuttheremaindersofPeter;soIshovedonby;butthefrontdoorwaslocked,andthekeywasn’tthere.JustthenIheardsomebodycomingdownthestairs,backbehindme.Irunintheparlorandtookaswiftlookaround,andtheonlyplaceIseetohidethebagwasinthecoffin.Thelidwasshovedalongaboutafoot,showingthedeadman’sfacedowninthere,withawetclothoverit,andhisshroudon.Ituckedthemoney-baginunderthelid,justdownbeyondwherehishandswascrossed,whichmademecreep,theywassocold,andthenIrunbackacrosstheroomandinbehindthedoor.

           ThepersoncomingwasMaryJane.Shewenttothecoffin,verysoft,andkneeleddownandlookedin;thensheputupherhandkerchief,andIseeshebeguntocry,thoughIcouldn’thearher,andherbackwastome.Islidout,andasIpassedthedining-roomIthoughtI’dmakesurethemwatchershadn’tseenme;soIlookedthroughthecrack,andeverythingwasallright.Theyhadn’tstirred.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 254 из 423