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1、TheMidnightVisitorRobertArthurAusabledidnotfitthedescriptionofanysecretagentFowlerhadeverreadabout.FollowinghimdownthecorridorofthegloomyFrenchhotelwhereAusablehadaroom,Fowlerfeltdisappointed.Itwasasmallroomonthesixthfloorandhardlyasettingforaromanticfigure.Ausablewa
2、s,foronething,fat.Veryfat.Andthentherewashisaccent.ThoughhespokeFrenchandGermanpassably,hehadneveraltogetherlostNewEnglandaccenthehadbroughttoParisfromBostontwentyyearsago."Youaredisappointed,"Ausablesaidwheezilyoverhisshoulder."YouweretoldthatIwasasecretagent,aspy,d
3、ealinginespionageanddanger.Youwishedtomeetmebecauseyouareawriter,youngandromantic.Youthoughtyouwouldhavemysteriousfiguresinthenight,thecrackofpistols,drugsinthewine.""Instead,youhavespentadulleveninginaFrenchmusichallwithasloppyfatmanwho,insteadofhavingmessagesslippe
4、dintohishandbydark-eyedbeauties,getsonlyanordinarytelephonecallmakinganappointmentinhisroom.Youhavebeenbored!"Thefatmanchuckledtohimselfasheunlockedthedoorofhisroomandstoodasidetolethisfrustratedguestenter."Youaredisillusioned,"Ausabletoldhim."Buttakecheer,myyoungfri
5、end.Beforelongyouwillseeapaper,aquiteimportantpaperforwhichseveralmenandwomenhaveriskedtheirlives,cometomeinthenext-to-laststepofitsjourneyintoofficialhands.Somedaysoonthatpapermaywellaffectthecourseofhistory.Thereisdramainthatthought,don'tyouthink?"Ashespoke,Ausable
6、closedthedoorbehindhim.Thenheswitchedonthelight.Andasthelightcameon,Fowlerhadhisfirstrealthrilloftheday.Forhalfwayacrosstheroom,asmallautomaticpistolinhishand,stoodaman.Ausableblinkedafewtimes."Max,"hewheezed,"yougavemequiteastart.IthoughtyouwereinBerlin.Whatareyoudo
7、inginmyroom?"Maxwasslender,nottall,andwithafacethatsuggestedthelookofafox.Exceptforthegun,hedidnotlookverydangerous."Thereport,"hemurmured."Thereportthatisbeingbroughttoyoutonightconcerningsomenewmissiles.IthoughtIwouldtakeitfromyou.Itwillbesaferinmyhandsthaninyours.
8、"Ausablemovedtoanarmchairandsatdownheavily."I'mgoingtoraisethedevilwiththemanagementthistime;Iamangry,"hesaidgrimly."Thisisthesecon
