Коллекционер
Chapter 1
WhileIwasbuyingthenecklaceIsawsomeringsandthatgavemetheplanIcouldaskhertomarrymeandifshesaidnothenitwouldmeanIhadtokeepher.Itwouldbeawayout.Iknewshewouldn’tsayyes.SoIboughtaring.Itwasquitenice;butnotveryexpensive.Justforshow.
WhenIgothomeIwashedthenecklace(Ididn’tliketothinkofittouchingthatotherwoman’sskin)andhiditsothatIcouldgetitoutatthecorrecttime.ThenImadeallthepreparationsshesaid:therewereflowers,andIputthebottlesontheside-table,andlaidouteverythingreallygrandhotel,withalltheusualprecautions,ofcourse.WearrangedIwastogodownandfetchheratseven.AfterItookintheparcelsIwasn’ttoseeher,itwaslikeitisbeforeawedding.
WhatIdecidedwasIwouldlethercomeupungaggedanduntiedjustthisonce,IwouldtaketheriskbutwatchherlikeaknifeandIwouldhavethechloroformandCTChandy,justincasetroubleblewup.Saysomeoneknockedatthedoor,Icouldusethepadandhaveherboundandgaggedinthekitcheninaveryshorttime,andthenopenup.
Well,atsevenIhadmybestsuitandshirtandanewtieIboughtonandIwentdowntoseeher.Itwasraining,whichwasalltothegood.Shemademewaitabouttenminutesandthenshecameout.Youcouldhaveknockedmedownwithafeather.ForamomentIthoughtitwasn’ther,itlookedsodifferent.
