condensed master

Will Bonner
attention."
Will placed the headphones over his ears, switched the unit on and pressed the
trigger. It was completely dead, not even a click. This instrument is high quality
Will was thinking, there's got to be damage somewhere to stop it from working.
Removing the two connectors he pushed them firmly home again, still no sound in
the earpieces, but the second plug didn't seem to push home as positively as the
first.
Looking inside, there it was - a bent pin folded over! Gripping it gently with
the fine pointed pliers, Will teased it into the upright position and thankfully it didn't
snap off. The positive click, as he pushed the plug home, and the inrush of sound
in his ears, brought a flush of excitement. Opening the window, Will looked
through the telescope and lined the cross hairs on a group of four people standing
on the pavement on the opposite side of the street. Their voices came through loud
and clear, it was unbelievable! No wonder Ed was eager to put the instrument
into operation. It was dynamite!
After a few more checks on other targets to get acquainted with the controls,
Will refocused on the group again and called Ed. He came bounding into the
room within seconds. "Have you fixed it?"
"Just look through the telescope and tell me what you see." Ed positioned
himself to take a look at the group indicated by Will. "Now put these phones on."
Will watched his face as he grinned from ear to ear.
"You clever bastard! How did you do it, what was wrong?" Will could see
he was trembling with excitement.
"I'll make a pact with you Ed. I won't ask you about your job, if you don't ask
me about mine."
Ed slapped him on the back. "Done, but I'll need to know how to use it. Will
you show me?"
"Not now Ed, it's too risky, we've been here long enough. Pack the instrument
up and let's get out of here."
Ed started to take the instrument apart. "I can drop you off close to home and
we can make arrangements on the way."
The ride home only took about ten minutes and Ed decided that he would not
make arrangements there and then, but would contact Will when he was ready. He
dropped Will off on Toorak Road, just a few minutes walk from the apartment.
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