condensed master

Will Bonner
bag and came up with the components he needed, as Ed busied himself setting up
the telescope and tripod. Within half an hour Will had patched the two machines
together, ready for a trial run. "Have you got a subject down in the street Ed?"
"Better than that. Can you see the windows on the second floor of the building
across the street? That's a Greek restaurant and we've got all the subjects we
want." Will looked out across the street and received a shock. All the windows
of the restaurant were open, it was a warm night and every window had a table
next to it with people dining, at the same time, watching the activity down in the
street.
"You must be crazy Ed, if they spot the telescope, they'll think someone's
spying on them. The Greeks' won't call the police, they'll come over personally and
fill you in. Needless to say, I won't wait around this time!"
Ed smiled. "Why do you think I chose the end window? The scope is well
hidden, don't worry."
"One trial run, no more Ed, it's too risky."
Will trained the cross hairs of the scope on two men sitting at a table near the
window, and he was dead lucky. They were talking in broken English. Switching
on the recorder he backed away still wearing the headphones. Slipping them off,
he passed them to Ed and waited for about five minutes before switching off.
Unplugging the recorder he rewound the spool and then switched to "play"
advancing the volume control.
The men's voices came through as clear as a bell. Ed was beside himself with
the result. Not willing to take any further risk, Will pulled the scope and tripod
back and away from the window, but Ed was so wound up it took some time to
bring him back down to earth again, and so enable the instruction to begin.
Will proceeded to go through the operation of the controls emphasising the
do's and don'ts whilst Ed took notes, "finally, remember what happened that night
in Carlton, that's the most important "don't."
Will was eager to get away, everything had gone smoothly and he wanted it
to remain that way. Helping Ed pack up the items the two men made their way out
of the building. As the door closed behind them and they stood in the alleyway,
Will turned to Ed.
"You've got everything you wanted so now is the time to let me get on with my
life. If the electronics break down or won't function properly you can call me, but
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