Wandl the
Wandl the Invader
作者：Cummings, Ray, 1887-1957
体例：题 章数：88
字数：218,273 来源：Project Gutenberg
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共 88 题- Venza shifted her silk-sheathed legs. "Don't talk in code!"
- Anita gasped, "I had no idea!"
- A man was on the lookout for us. "Daniel Dean and party?"
- The detective gazed at the girls and at me. "It was three, Dean."
- He had indeed. "All right," he said. "If you and Haljan say so."
- The guard stood aside. "Come in."
- We gazed at each other. Both the girls instantly murmured, "Yes."
- The audible connection came in a moment. "Francis?"
- We could hear the answering microphonic voice, "Yes Colonel."
- Venza asked eagerly, "Which is he?"
- Molo was saying: "But you are the fool to have dared to come here!"
- Foley cried, "Colonel, I may be able to stop them!"
- Anita was clinging to Venza. "Colonel Halsey, I'm going too."
- I jumped to my feet. "Colonel, I should prefer that one of us men...."
- Halsey stalked in upon us. "So you are recovered?"
- Snap stammered, "We--I say, we're sorry as hell we acted like that."
- Halsey swung on us. "You're all right now?"
- Grantline closed the door. "Sit down and I'll tell you...."
- I knew its location: Lower Manhattan, high under the city roof.
- We stared. Snap asked, "What makes them so sure?"
- Grantline whispered, "That's the War Secretary from Greater London."
- And then it spoke. "Do--not--touch--me--again."
- The door-slide opened suddenly and an orderly appeared. "Haljan?"
- I found my wits. "Snap, we can't stand like this wholly visible."
- Then Halsey's interrupting voice. "Anita, escape! You and Venza!"
- We stood peering, listening. "Shall I try the eavesdropper, Gregg?"
- Snap clutched at me. "In here, but where is the accursed door?"
- Grantline asked, "Are you going closer to the Moon?"
- Grantline laughed grimly. "Maybe so, Waters. But let's hope not."
- But he stood his ground. "No, sir; I don't want to sleep."
- We sent Waters away. "Ready, Gregg?"
- I tensed, stricken. I held the angle and the spread of light steady.
- Drac was pleading, "We need velocity! Are you coming to the turret?"
- I nodded. "We'll get it, Drac; have no fear of that."
- Grantline stared at me. "Something wrong?"
- It was Drac who guessed it. "That radiance from the enemy's bow?"
- The thought stabbed at me: _Anita! Not killed by that one._
- Drac was pulling at me. "Those things out there, those discs...."
- Grantline demanded, "Yes, what in hell are they?"
- Grantline said, "At the next broadside passing I'll fire at them."
- Again Grantline was shouting at me, "Roll us back! I must fire!"
- I shouted, "Drac! Close the stern bulkhead!"
- Drac was clinging to me. "Tell me what to do!"
- I gripped his shoulder. "You're sure there's nobody else?"
- I touched the metal plate of his shoulder. "Working all right?"
- I contacted with the leader. He was one of Grantline's men.
- I was a prisoner in a pressure-port of the enemy ship!
- I could feel Anita's gaze upon me, but I did not dare look her way.
- Molo bent over me. "The Great Intelligence soon will see you."
- Beyond Anita, I heard Venza murmuring, "Home! If only we were there."
- I could feel Anita move to silence her.
- Molo was whispering: "They come. But we will be ready for them."
- Molo whispered, "The great Master. Sit quiet! He will talk to us."
- The brain said, "You are uncertain. You do not want to die?"
- Meka gasped, "But you destroyed it, Great Master!"
- I suddenly felt Anita's fingers twitching at my sleeve.
- I whispered, "All right, Anita. Quick, what is it?"
- I turned toward Molo. "What's that up there?"
- I caught Molo's brawny arm. "Won't you tell us what's going on?"
- He turned, but Snap plucked at him. "When are you coming back?"
- I said, "We will cause you no trouble. Take us on the ship."
- Snap shouted, "Gregg, look out!"
- Snap gasped, "Gregg get your hand over her mouth. Shut her up!"
- Anita swung at me. "Gregg, see there!"
- Never have I heard such anguish in his tone. "Gregg, she isn't...."
- Anita twitched at my ankles. "Look back of us!"
- I called to Snap, "Someone after us! Two figures back there!"
- He was shouting, "Gregg! Gregg, help!"
- Molo was shouting, "You, Gregg Haljan! Now for you!"
- Suddenly I thought of Molo. "Anita, stay here! Must get to Molo."
- Over the screams, I heard another voice: "Oh Gregg, where are you?"
- Then Venza's voice: "It's letting me talk. We're better now."
- I whispered, "Which is the best entrance to the underground rooms?"
- Snap panted, "Got to get out of here. Can't breathe."
- Snap shoved me. "Don't stay there, you fool!"
- Molo was shouting, "Do not kill them! I was ordered not to kill them!"
- I tried to break loose, but four huge Martians were holding me.
- I gasped. Snap alive?
- It snapped me to sudden alertness. "Something wrong, Molo? Nonsense!"
- I shoved my computations across the table to him. "There."
- I stretched on the narrow floor mattress. The turret was silent.
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- End of Project Gutenberg's Wandl the Invader, by Raymond King Cummings