condensed master

Will Bonner
is a chance meeting. If you can get the appropriate information out of him it will
enable you and Alec to go to work. You know, similar to the safe job you did with
him."
She had no need to paint a picture. It was vivid enough. "Yes, I understand.
But when the time comes I'll need to have enough details to enable me to assess
the risks."
"You'll get enough information to suit your purpose, I can assure you of that!"
There was nothing more to be said.
He walked briskly towards where he had parked the car. The city streets were
now bathed with incandescent light and there was plenty of activity, but it in no
way subdued the turbulence in his mind. Even negotiating the traffic had little effect.
Driving through the country his mind concentrated on the details of the evening,
constantly trying to clarify the way forward. It would be futile to arrive home in this
state of mind. Dorothy would not have retired for the night.
He subconsciously turned off the highway along the road to Park Orchards
and down the offshoot to the very spot where he had met Ed to discuss the Croat
surveillance. Turning off the engine he sat in the contrasting silence.
It was scary sitting there in the shadowy darkness staring at the bank where
he had sat with Ed. His shape seemed to materialize and Will stared at him through
the open window. He felt the impulse to become vocal and called out into the
dimness of the night. "You bloody fool Ed! Why did you go back on your own?"
There was no reply from the shadows but Will's mind had now been diverted.
It was time to go home and hopefully shed the happenings of the day - for a short
while anyway.
Two months had elapsed and Will was beginning to get the feeling that perhaps
Margaret had been confronted with a problem that she may not be able to solve.
In the back of his mind however, he knew that he was engaging in frivolous
thinking. Weaving between the other employees he headed for the wide stairway,
down to the main entrance and reception of the Transport department, eager to
catch the first available train home. His service vehicle was needed overnight for
repairs and for once he was having to use public transport.
He spotted her standing with her back against the marble clad wall, opposite
the reception desk. A vantage position for scanning the area. She smiled as he
bumped his way across the main stream of bodies to stand next to her. "Hello Will,
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