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.’ She pushed the answer out too quickly.‘Did he …?’She shook her head.‘He said he’d let him but he didn’t.’ A shudder of memory ran through her.‘He told me no one would ever see me again.’‘We’re going to find him.’She pushed her hands against her eyes, keeping out the light, trying to block out all the images of the last twenty-four hours.‘What will you do then?’‘Kill him.’‘I hope you do,’ she told him after a long silence.‘Did he take you anywhere else?’She shook her head.‘Did he mention any other places?’‘No.’She’d spoken all the words that would come for now, he decided.She was drained.Sometime later, when all this was past, all the rest would come out in small floods.‘I need you to stay here for a while.Until we catch him.’ The fear returned to her eyes.‘You’re safe now.Honestly.No one can find you here.I promise.’She didn’t move as he left the room.Mrs Cornwall stood in the hall.‘Do you have a doctor you use?’ Markham asked.‘Yes, of course,’ she replied.‘Give him a call.She’ll probably need something to sleep.’‘I’ve already done it,’ she told him with a smile.‘He’ll be along in a little while.I’ll look after her, don’t worry.’‘Thank you.’‘Mr Jones said you’re an enquiry agent.’‘That’s right.’ Right at the moment that job seemed far, far away.‘Where is he?’She pointed to the closed door of the front room.‘He said for you to just go in when you were done.I’ll go and sit with Mrs Hart until the doctor comes.’***Ged was talking to someone on the telephone, waving Markham to a seat.After a moment he replaced the receiver.‘Baker didn’t find him out at that cottage.’‘And we don’t have him.’ He sighed.‘How is she?’‘How do you think?’‘Did he rape her?’‘She said not.’ A moment later he asked.‘Why? Does he have a record of it?’‘In the war and after.’ There was sweat above Jones’ lip.‘Not just women suspected of working for the enemy, either.We had to pay out and put pressure on the West German police a few times to keep it quiet.’‘What the hell were they doing letting him carry on? Christ, Ged.’‘He was good.’ Jones shrugged.‘That’s why.Results are what count in this game.You remember that.’‘But he became too wild?’‘We’re pretty sure he was responsible for killing someone important on the other side.Someone we wanted alive.That was too much.But there were still a number of people who believed he should have stayed.’‘His friends.’‘The ones who helped him up there in the first place.But they’ve been overruled.Carter’s on his own now.’‘We still have to find him,’ Markham said.‘He might have left Leeds.’‘The department has people checking.Wherever he is, we’ll find him.If you ask me, though, he’s still here.’‘Why?’‘He’s tied himself to the place.All these businesses he owns.I can’t see him leaving all that.He’s invested too much.’‘Why Leeds?’ Markham asked.‘What’s here for him?’‘I don’t know, Danny.There’s nothing in his file.It’s like he stuck a pin in a map and decided on it.’‘Something’s snapped in him.’‘Maybe it has.Who bloody knows, boy?’ He shrugged.‘You’d need the trick cyclist for that.All I’m here to do is stop him.’‘To kill him.’‘Yes.Those are my orders.’‘Obeying orders.We heard that a lot from the Jerries after the war, Ged.Remember?’‘Different things, Danny.Completely different.’‘So where is he?’ Markham asked.‘You have any other secrets in that folder of yours?’‘I wish I did, boy.What about the people who work for him?’‘Two of them have been arrested.’‘Then we’d better go and have a word with your tame copper.’ He pulled down the knot of his tie and loosened the top button of his shirt.‘I’m not kidding, Danny [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.’ She pushed the answer out too quickly.‘Did he …?’She shook her head.‘He said he’d let him but he didn’t.’ A shudder of memory ran through her.‘He told me no one would ever see me again.’‘We’re going to find him.’She pushed her hands against her eyes, keeping out the light, trying to block out all the images of the last twenty-four hours.‘What will you do then?’‘Kill him.’‘I hope you do,’ she told him after a long silence.‘Did he take you anywhere else?’She shook her head.‘Did he mention any other places?’‘No.’She’d spoken all the words that would come for now, he decided.She was drained.Sometime later, when all this was past, all the rest would come out in small floods.‘I need you to stay here for a while.Until we catch him.’ The fear returned to her eyes.‘You’re safe now.Honestly.No one can find you here.I promise.’She didn’t move as he left the room.Mrs Cornwall stood in the hall.‘Do you have a doctor you use?’ Markham asked.‘Yes, of course,’ she replied.‘Give him a call.She’ll probably need something to sleep.’‘I’ve already done it,’ she told him with a smile.‘He’ll be along in a little while.I’ll look after her, don’t worry.’‘Thank you.’‘Mr Jones said you’re an enquiry agent.’‘That’s right.’ Right at the moment that job seemed far, far away.‘Where is he?’She pointed to the closed door of the front room.‘He said for you to just go in when you were done.I’ll go and sit with Mrs Hart until the doctor comes.’***Ged was talking to someone on the telephone, waving Markham to a seat.After a moment he replaced the receiver.‘Baker didn’t find him out at that cottage.’‘And we don’t have him.’ He sighed.‘How is she?’‘How do you think?’‘Did he rape her?’‘She said not.’ A moment later he asked.‘Why? Does he have a record of it?’‘In the war and after.’ There was sweat above Jones’ lip.‘Not just women suspected of working for the enemy, either.We had to pay out and put pressure on the West German police a few times to keep it quiet.’‘What the hell were they doing letting him carry on? Christ, Ged.’‘He was good.’ Jones shrugged.‘That’s why.Results are what count in this game.You remember that.’‘But he became too wild?’‘We’re pretty sure he was responsible for killing someone important on the other side.Someone we wanted alive.That was too much.But there were still a number of people who believed he should have stayed.’‘His friends.’‘The ones who helped him up there in the first place.But they’ve been overruled.Carter’s on his own now.’‘We still have to find him,’ Markham said.‘He might have left Leeds.’‘The department has people checking.Wherever he is, we’ll find him.If you ask me, though, he’s still here.’‘Why?’‘He’s tied himself to the place.All these businesses he owns.I can’t see him leaving all that.He’s invested too much.’‘Why Leeds?’ Markham asked.‘What’s here for him?’‘I don’t know, Danny.There’s nothing in his file.It’s like he stuck a pin in a map and decided on it.’‘Something’s snapped in him.’‘Maybe it has.Who bloody knows, boy?’ He shrugged.‘You’d need the trick cyclist for that.All I’m here to do is stop him.’‘To kill him.’‘Yes.Those are my orders.’‘Obeying orders.We heard that a lot from the Jerries after the war, Ged.Remember?’‘Different things, Danny.Completely different.’‘So where is he?’ Markham asked.‘You have any other secrets in that folder of yours?’‘I wish I did, boy.What about the people who work for him?’‘Two of them have been arrested.’‘Then we’d better go and have a word with your tame copper.’ He pulled down the knot of his tie and loosened the top button of his shirt.‘I’m not kidding, Danny [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]