《Let There be Darkness》中的设定的收集（1）(27)

Without warning all four of the men leveled their submachine-guns and fired; the alley was filled for several seconds with a reverberating thunder, while ricocheting bullets whined back from the blue force-screen and chipped brick-dust from the grimy walls. . . .

Then the hammering thunder ceased, and four dark shapes lay twitching spasmodically on the concrete in widening pools of blood.
"They cut their own throats that time," said Taggart grimly.
"You killed them!" The girl's voice was scarcely more than a whisper. "You killed them all --"
"No, they saved me the trouble. But we've got to get out of here." He glanced at the four dead men in black. "A uniform -- I'll need one of their uniforms. If I can drive away from here in their truck, with you apparently my prisoner, we may stand a chance yet!"