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1、SevenFootprintstoSatanMerritt,AbrahamPublished:1927Type(s):Novels,Crime/Mystery,ThrillerSource:http://gutenberg.net.au1AboutMerritt:AbrahamMerritt(January20,1884-August21,1943),whopublishedunderthebylineA.Merritt,wasanAmericaneditorandauthorofworksoffantasticfiction.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1

2、TheclockwasstrikingeightasIwalkedoutofthedoorsoftheDiscover-ers'ClubandstoodforamomentlookingdownlowerFifthAvenue.AsIpaused,Ifeltwithfullforcethatuncomfortablesensationofbeingwatchedthathadbothpuzzledandharassedmeforthepasttwoweeks.Acuriouslyprickly,coldfeelingsomewheredeepundertheskinonthes

3、idethatthewatchersarelocated;anoddsortoftinglingpressure.ItisaqueersortofasensitivitythatIhaveincommonwithmostmenwhospendmuchoftheirlivesinthejungleordesert.Itisathrowbacktosomeprimitivesixthsense,sinceallsavageshaveituntiltheygetintro-ducedtothewhiteman'sliquor.TroublewasIcouldn'tlocalizeth

4、esensation.Itseemedtotrickleinonmefromallsides.Iscannedthestreet.ThreetaxisweredrawnupalongthecurbinfrontoftheClub.Theywereemptyandtheirdriversbusytalking.TherewerenoloiterersthatIcouldsee.Thetwoswiftside-rub-bingstreamsoftrafficsweptupanddowntheAvenue.Istudiedthewindowsoftheoppositehouses.T

5、herewasnosigninthemofanywatchers.Yeteyeswereuponme,intently.Iknewit.Thewarninghadcometomeinmanyplacesthislastfortnight.IhadfelttheunseenwatcherstimeandagainintheMuseumwhereIhadgonetolookattheYunnanjadesIhadmadeitpossibleforricholdRockbilttoputtherewithdistinctincreasetohisreputationasaphilan

6、-thropist;ithadcometomeinthetheaterandwhileridinginthePark;inthebrokers'officeswhereImyselfhadwatchedthemoneythejadeshadbroughtmemeltswiftlyawayinagamewhichInowruefullyadmittedIknewlessthannothingabout.Ihadfeltitinthestreets,andthatwastobeexpected.ButIhadalsofeltitattheClub,andthatwasnottobe

7、ex-pectedanditbotheredmemorethananythingelse.Yes,Iwasunderstrictestsurveillance.Butwhy?ThatwaswhatthisnightIhaddeterminedtofindout.3Atatouchuponmyshoulder,Ijumped,andsweptmyhandhalfwayuptothelittleautomaticundermyleftarmpit.Bythat,suddenlyIreal-ize