By Eric Ambler
An opportunity stumble upon with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads secret author Charles Latimer right into a global of sinister political and felony maneuvers in the course of the Balkans within the years among the realm wars. Hoping that the occupation of the infamous Dimitrios, whose physique has been pointed out in an Istanbul morgue, will motivate a plot for his subsequent novel, Latimer quickly reveals himself stuck up in a shadowy net of assassination, espionage, medications, and treachery.
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Part 1000000 francs, thousand English kilos, will be valuable to you? ’ ‘Undoubtedly. ’ ‘Well, then, Mr Latimer, when you've got uninterested in Geneva i would like you to – how do you are saying? – to kill birds with one stone. ’ He pulled Latimer’s chronological desk from his pocket. ‘On this record of yours you could have different dates in addition to 1926 nonetheless to be accounted for while you're to understand what there's to understand approximately Dimitrios. where to account for them is Paris. that's the very first thing. the second one is if you are going to come to Paris, in the event you will placed your self in contact with me there, for those who will think about, then, the pooling of assets, the alliance that i've got already proposed to you, i will be able to certainly ensure that in a truly few days you have got a minimum of thousand English kilos to pay into your account – part one million French francs! ’ ‘I do wish,’ retorted Latimer irritably, ‘that you'd be a bit extra particular. part 1000000 francs for doing what? who's going to pay this funds? you're a long way too mysterious, Mr Peters – a ways too mysterious to be real. ’ Mr Peters’ smile tightened. right here was once a Christian, reviled yet unembittered, ready steadfastly for the lions to be admitted into the world. ‘Mr Latimer,’ he stated lightly, ‘I recognize that you just don't belief me. i do know that. that's the reason why i've got given you Grodek’s tackle and that letter to him. i need to provide you concrete proof of my goodwill in the direction of you, to end up that my note is to be relied on. and that i are looking to exhibit that I belief you, that i think what you might have informed me. for the time being i will not say extra. but when you are going to think in and belief me, if you happen to will come to Paris, then the following, in this piece of paper, is an handle. if you arrive ship a pneumatique to me. don't name, for it's the deal with of a pal. if you happen to will easily ship a pneumatique giving me your tackle, i'll clarify every little thing. it really is completely easy. ’ It used to be time, Latimer determined, to do away with Mr Peters. ‘Well,’ he acknowledged, ‘this is all very complicated. You appear to me to have jumped to plenty of conclusions. I had no longer certainly prepared to visit Belgrade. it isn't convinced that I shall have time to visit Geneva. As for occurring to Paris, that could be a factor which i couldn't almost certainly think of in the interim. i've got loads of paintings to do, after all, and …’ Mr Peters buttoned up his overcoat. ‘Of direction. ’ after which, with a curious urgency in his tone: ‘But in the event you may still locate time to come back to Paris, do please ship me that pneumatique. i've got positioned you to loads hassle, I may still wish to make restitution in a realistic approach. part one million francs is worthy contemplating, eh? and that i may warrantly it. yet we needs to belief each other. that's most crucial. ’ He shook his head despondently. ‘One is going via real looking a flower with its face became to the solar, ever looking, ever hoping, desirous to belief others, yet afraid to take action. How far better if we relied on each other, if we observed basically the good stuff, the finer issues in our fellow creatures!