"What's that?" he asked, turning apprehensively.
"Only iodine."
"Will it hurt?"
Linette met his eyes with a very pointed glance of her own. "Burglars are brave."
"I told you I'm not a regular burglar," he complained. "I only burgle when I'm hungry."
"Do you always dress in dinner clothes when you go out to burgle?"
"Of course," he said as if it were a self-evident rule. "I'm a society burglar. Ouch." He leaped into the air at the touch of the iodine, though Linette had applied it ever so gently. "And," he added, pulling down his sleeve, "I certainly don't expect people to shoot at me."
(from How To Steal A Million, by Michael Sinclair)
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