Part 33 (1/2)
”Boolba has told his story,” said Malinkoff significantly ”By this time you are not only eneents of capitalistic Governments You have been sent here by your President to stir up the bourgeois to cast down the Government, because of British investent who has been employed to assassinate either Trotsky or Lenin If you could only tap the official wireless,” said Malinkoff, ”you would learn that a serious counter-revolutionary plot has been discovered, and that American financiers are deeply involved Unless, of course,”
corrected Malinkoff, ”Arad, in which case it will be English financiers”
Malcolhed
”Then we are an international incident?” he said
”You are an 'international incident,'” agreed Malinkoff gravely
Cherry Biar, a box of which Petroff had given hi out a blue cloud
”A secret service agent?” he said ”That's a sort of fly cop, isn't it?”
”That's about it, Cherry,” replied Malcolm
”And do you think they'll call me a fly cop?” said the interested Cherry
Malinkoff nodded, and the gun-es, don't it?” he said ”Never, oh never, did I think that I should be took for a fellow frouy continues on the broad path that leadeth to destruction, and only goes enough, he'll find Mrs Nemesis--I think that's the nae of the wood and ca,” he said, ”and is accompanied by another”
This ti the country methodically from side to side, and Malinkoff particularly noticed that they circled about a smaller wood two miles away and seemed loth to leave it
”What colour is the top of this car?” he asked, and Bim climbed up
”White,” he said ”Is there tie'
I've heard so much about?”
The party set to work in haste to tear down small branches of trees and scraps of bushes, and heap them on to the top of the car Cherry Bi the actualdetected a new danger
”Let all the n,” said Cherry ”Put a coat over the glass screen and sit on anything that shi+nes”
They heard the roar of the aeroplane coainst the trunk of a tree Suddenly there was a deafening explosion which stunned the girl and threw her against Malcolm She half-rose to run but he pulled her down
”What was it?” she whispered
”A small bomb,” said Malcol woods for concealed bodies of infantry Soive the others away”
Cherry Bilu forth from the place where the bomb had dropped Round and round circled the aeroplane, but presently, as if satisfied with its scrutiny, it rew fainter and fainter
”War's hell,” said Cherry, wiping his pallid face with a hand that shook
”I can't quite understand it,” said Malinkoff ”Even supposing that Boolba has told his story, there seeent search They would, of course, have communicated----”
He fell silent
”Has Boolba any special reasons, other than those we know?” he asked