condensed master

Will Bonner
Will's mind was racing through the events since his encounter with the ferret
man, trying to weigh up the pro's and con's, but it was impossible to come to any
conclusion. "I'll see you here tomorrow and give you my decision then."
"No, it must be now," Blyth reaffirmed. "This will be our one and only meeting.
After today, the chances of seeing one another again, will be highly unlikely."
Will's mind was filled with uncertainty. He had always been taught to react to
gut feelings, and he wasn't very happy with the way things were being presented,
in the light of no available facts.
"In that case my answer will have to be no."
Blyth showed no reaction. "You surely appreciate that things have not
changed, and you will be called upon from time to time."
"There's not much I can do to avoid that," Will countered, and expecting the
inevitable. "I suppose you have something for me now."
"As a matter of fact, yes." Will was slowly getting used to the trend of events.
After the Aden incident, he would nevertheless try to keep out of trouble. He was
beginning to learn.
They both relaxed and Blyth began to outline the requirements. He lowered
his voice and Will moved closer to catch every word. "We have an agent in
Bombay who is a Hindu and he has a shoe and carpet shop quite close to here,
near Crawford market. This is his card." and passing it over, Will noted it was
printed in both Hindu and English. "He has been suspected of being a double
agent, and recently we have proved that this is the case. People are getting killed
and he has to be stopped." Will had no need to even think about what Blyth had
just said.
"There's no way I can possibly help you."
"Yes you can, and your part would be simple."
"That's what your man in Algiers said, and look what happened in Aden!"
"It's quite straightforward."
"Yes, he said that too!"
Blyth carried on. "It is illegal to own or sell weapons and have knives over 6"
long. It is punishable by death in some cases, and we are certain that he uses this
shop as a front to sell ritual daggers, scimitars and weapons of all kinds, but we
can't find out where he keeps them. Once we do, we can have him put away, but
we are certain that they won't be at the shop. You will never be suspected, so go
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