condensed master

Will Bonner
hundred feet of movie film.
Los Angeles and Disneyland, Acapulco, the Panama Canal and finally Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, would all be visited before the trip across the Atlantic to
Southampton, England. Their final destination.
During this last week the choppy seas were adding to Will's problems and he
was beginning to feel down. The sale of their house in Melbourne had not been
completed when they sailed, so the prospect of not having funds available to them
in England, haunted him on a day-to-day basis.
All the other unknowns they were going to be subjected to after they landed
were also struggling to get clarified in his mind, without any success. His worst
fear however, was the organization. Ferret man would no doubt still be around and
he would know everything by now. In contrast to living in Australia, his total family
and relatives would be concentrated here and he was getting the feeling that he
was walking into the biggest problem he could imagine. There was no turning
back, at least, not for awhile, as in the past he would just have to cope with
whatever transpired. Contracting a chest cold put the final touches to his
downward spiral, before they finally landed.
During the next few weeks getting reacquainted with their respective families
was good, but for the children it must have been a nightmare. Everyone was living
out of suitcases and subjected to sleeping in one small bedroom. Louise and Mark
had come from surroundings that were all relatively new and now most everything
was old. It must have been quite a shock to their systems. After buying a new
house on the outskirts of a small market town Will found a position with an
electronic’s company and the outlook for all the family started to improve.
Will's mind had been consumed with efforts to keep the family functioning as
a unit. Now his mind began to entertain thoughts of the organization.
His work involved regular hours, totally confined to the electronics laboratories
and he did not travel. Based on past history they would have no need for him
under the circumstances. The niggling thoughts remained however, it was surely
only a matter of time before they contacted him.
A mechanical engineering section provided all the tools, jigs and fixtures
necessary to support the electronics. Engineers in the tool-room were giving the
company a lot of trouble and the unions were having a heyday. Strikes were being
threatened and the disruption was throwing everything out of gear. Will was
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