condensed master

The Reluctant Agent
A Compelling Story of Espionage
"What sort of information?"
"It could be anything, perhaps just a simple observation."
"It won't work."
"Why not?"
"I don't know where I'm going on any day until I arrive in the morning."
"Yes, that will be awkward, I'll have to find a way around that."
Will's brain was tabulating what she was saying and the only conclusion he was
coming to was that the more Margaret talked the more he seemed to be getting
pulled into the organization. "Look Margaret, I used to quarrel with Ed because
of the very thing you're doing. I always reminded him that I wasn't one of his
agents."
"Well, we're not going to fall out because I can help you in a way that Ed
couldn't."
"How so?"
"I have more influence than he had and since I promised to help cover you
from any further blackmail, I've given the subject a lot of thought."
"But if you've already given an assurance, why should more thought be
necessary?"
"Because I think you're going about things the wrong way."
"What things?"
"You never allowed Ed to record the work you did for him, especially that
which was valuable to the organization. Tony knows only part of it and he would
be of very little use to you, in a crisis. I've had to ask you to find out for myself,
and when I add up all the things you've done, it becomes a sizable benefit for the
organization. Plenty to use as a counterbalance against any individual, like Derek
Bates the English agent when he was trying to blackmail you." Will didn't answer,
he was weighing up the pro's and con's.
"I could set up a dossier now without telling you, but apart from the agreement
that we've made it would be a stupid risk on my part. If ever you found out it
would be the end of our relationship, we couldn't work together if that happened."
Will was slowly coming to the conclusion that something was being suggested
which could benefit him in the future, and she seemed to be genuinely trying to
help, but he mustn't lose sight of the fact that people like Margaret had their own
agenda's. The existence of a dossier could work both ways, and in the wrong
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