condensed master

The Reluctant Agent
A Compelling Story of Espionage
just have been a matter of leaving the parcel with the old man but it was not to be
the case. Sitting behind his desk grinning like a Cheshire cat, Ed stood up and
reached out to take the parcel containing the tapes. "How did it go?"
"Everything went well, they will send more information as it becomes
available."
"That's wonderful, but for the moment we've got plenty to go at. The
information we collected was valuable and it's being evaluated." Ed sat down
again and looked up at Will. "All this information you get for us is worth a fair bit
of money, you should be compensated."
"I think you should rephrase what you've just said. The truth is, all the
information I am coerced into getting for you, which is quite a different thing. No,
I don't want your money, it would only end up implicating me."
"They could transfer money into your account if they wanted to, which would
implicate you anyway."
"Would you do that Ed?"
"No."
"Well, you'd better tell your superiors not to either, because if they do they will
get zero assistance from me, whatever the consequences."
"Why are we talking like this Will? Everything went well, with no trouble.
Let's look forward to getting the same results from the next two meetings."
"What do you mean "we"? You've got everything you want, my expertise is
not needed now and you know it. If you try to make me follow through, I'll know
that you're doing so, just for the hell of it."
"No, I wouldn't do that Will and you're right, we can carry on, but if we run
into trouble with the equipment you'll still sort it out for us?"
"Yes, I won't go back on our arrangement but remember, it's only between
you and me, no one else."
Ed nodded in agreement. "I've known you long enough to sense when
something's bugging you, am I right?"
"Yes, I've been asked to warn you to be careful, the Serbs are going to
retaliate. They got the information they wanted from the tapes and they know who
to go for, and when they get him the Croats will leave no stone unturned to try to
find out how the information got out."
"How can they possibly find out?"
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