condensed master

Will Bonner
skin. He had too much to look forward to now.
There had hardly been enough time for Will to come to terms with what was
happening to him when Ed made contact again. The building where the phone tap
was to take place had been looked over and Ed wanted to take Will for a
preliminary look. It was situated in the north end of the city centre and Will
recognized it. "I've been in this building before, the Society of Druids have their
office here."
"Yes, they are on the same floor."
It was a very old building with a cage type elevator. Will never trusted those
old elevators and took the stairs, arriving before Ed. There were plenty of people
about and as they walked past the Druids office Will glanced through the glass
window in the door to see Mr. Croft, the Secretary, busy at work.
Ed steered him to an alcove at the end of the corridor and opened the door
to a small walk-in storage cupboard. They both entered and Ed switched on the
light and closed the door behind them. "I've had this put on," he said, pointing to
a small latch and flipping it closed. "It will prevent us from being disturbed."
The one and only box mounted on the wall was obviously a telephone junction
box. Will opened the hinged lid to reveal about a fifty line facility. The technician
who had installed it had done a super job and all the pairs of wires were easily
identifiable, it would only be a matter of finding the right pair. There was a narrow
shelf at the same level, which would be ideal for resting the equipment on. Will
closed the lid and indicated to Ed that he wanted to leave, he had seen enough,
and technically, everything seemed straightforward.
Outside in the corridor Will glanced around and realized that it came to a
dead-end only a few yards past the cupboard. Turning to Ed he remarked. "If we
get caught up here we'll be trapped with only one way out." Fortunately, the office
selected to be tapped was in the other corridor on the opposite side. This fact
however, offered Will little consolation.
"This job will be easy-going and straightforward." Will laughed out loud.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I was remembering the time when you were clambering over the fence into
the Carlton Gardens that night, with lead pellets whizzing around you!" Ed fell
silent, it was a reminder of the consequences involved in the type of work he was
doing.
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