condensed master

Will Bonner
spoke first. "Hello Will, I've brought Tony along, as you know he does all the
recording of the information, so I thought it might be a good idea for him to listen
in."
"Provided my name doesn't appear in his records I don't mind."
"Your name will never appear in my records," came the reassuring remark
from Tony."
"Can I come and check that out?"
Tony started to stutter and Ed cut in. "He's only pulling your leg. Now Will,
what do you want from me?"
"If you succeed in getting good recordings they will be in Yugoslav, have you
got someone that can translate?"
"Yes."
"Well, once you've translated I want the loan of the original recording and the
recorder for a few days, then you can have them back."
Ed and Tony exchanged glances and Ed replied. "It's impossible for us to do
that."
"But you'll surely make a translated duplicate copy before I get the spool, so
what's the problem?"
"We can't let the information go because it will be classified."
Will was stunned, the whole arrangement with Bart was going up in smoke and
he would be left in a very precarious position. He could not let that happen. "You
promised me that I could have what I wanted if I got you the information. I've
come up with my part of the bargain and now you're reneging on your end of the
deal."
Will waited for a response, but nothing came. "Okay Ed, it's apparent that
you're not going to do the right thing. Before I go I want to tell you this. You'll get
no more information from me, I'll see to it that the information I've just given you
gets corrupted, and consequently useless to you, and I'll let my sources know who
you are so that I can keep myself clear of trouble. No more electronic devices,
and if the organization resorts to threats, I'll make your life a misery, and that goes
for you too Tony."
Will jumped out of the car and climbed the bank into the forest. He was upset
and felt sick to his stomach, the thought of going back to Bart was too humiliating
to even think about. He had sold himself to the Serbs in return for reciprocal
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