Last legs
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My brilliant shortcut to Arkhangelsk didn’t gain us any time, damn it. Well, it was still brilliant. And it gave poor Shirley a chance to feed himself up a bit, after the brutal time he had in the taiga. The dark horse Col. Davis, however, seems likeliest to win, given that there are only two legs of the journey left. Place your bets…
Davis appears to have slipped through before Vroomfondel could meet up with his boat. Which leaves Vroomfondel for… Shirley, Margaret, and Lady B, the three people on earth who most despise him. Glee. Or something. Shirley is an avowed pacifist, but some people are just a waste of space.
There would seem to be only two reasonable explanations for Griegson’s perfidy: bribery or blackmail. My bob’s on the latter. As for whoever hurt Arthur Byrd—you aren’t out of the woods by any means, laddie. Shirley’s got ways and means of tracking you down. Just you be glad you didn’t seriously injure Shirley’s brother-in-law, because Shirley in a courtroom with a personal stake in the outcome is a frightening object indeed.
It was sweet of Libby Wells to testify to her employer’s good character. Bit late, but still sweet.
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