The Second Murray Leinster Megapack - Plot & Excerpts
It was a small house and a snug one, built into the side of a hill, with many trees around it and tall second-growth beginning not far away. Steve and Lucky scouted it cautiously, weapons ready, and at last stood sniffing at smashed-in doors, and it was empty.But they searched it thoroughly in the darkness before they gathered in the big living room and Steve made a fire in the great stone fireplace. As its first flickers rose, he pounced upon long drapes, bunched in untidy heaps upon the floor. He was hanging them across window-openings before Lucky realized what he was about.Then, as the light in the fireplace increased, the two of them prowled about—and Lucky went outside to make sure that no ray of light escaped, and Frances regarded Steve with shining eyes and he kissed her again very satisfactorily—and made everything quite light-tight.They blacked out cities back in old war times,” said Steve. “Later radar made that useless. Now that there’s no more civilization, a lighted window means somebody trying to get back to it.
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