Part 46 (1/2)
Sybarite, pulling hiether (now that he had audience critical of his deer--with a careless, good-humoured nod for his host and a quick look round the room to make certain they were alone
”Doctor been?”
”Oh--an hour ago”
”And--?”
”Says I' the door, Peter grinned not altogether happily ”That's one of thefeatures of the new code of medical ethics, you know--complete confidence inspired in patient by utter frankness on doctor's part--and all that!
”'An insignificant puncture,'” he ht as rain in a week--unless the wound decides to gangrene--it's apt to, all on its own, 'spite of anything we can do--in which case we'll have to a to your head'
”Well?” he wound up als? I've got to change and run Also--while you're up”--Peter had just dropped into a chair--”you h tohis clothes, and between breaths and gulps of whiskey-and-water, P Sybarite delivered himself of an abbreviated summary of what had happened at the ball and after
”But why,” he wound up peevishly--”_why_ didn't you tell me Bayard Shaynon lived in the flat below you?”
”Didn't occur to me; and if you ask me, I don't see why it should interest you now”
”Because,” said P Sybarite quietly, ”I' down there and break in as soon as I'o to jail”
”In the sacred nara on the case If it hasn't, I'll sift every inch of the roo clue”
”But if he's in--?”
”I'll take rim brevity
”Unarmed?”
”Not if I know the nature of the brute” He stood up, fully dressed but for his shoes ”Now--un, please”
”Top drawer of the buffet there How are you going? Fire escape?”
”Where is it?” P Sybarite asked as he possessed himself of his weapon
”Half a minute” Peter Kenny held out his hand ”Let's have a look at that gun--will you?”
”What for?”
”One of those newfangled automatic pistols--isn't it? I 've never seen one before”
”But--Great Scott!--you've had this here--”
”I know, but I didn't pay s--”