Death of a Citizen
“You won’t need it any more tonight... Sarah, attend to his weapon, if you please.”
I didn’t have to ask who Sarah was. That would be their code name for the tall girl standing nearby—the girl I’d known as Mary Frances. Well, I’d guessed somebody clever was behind all the fancy maneuvering, but... Mac, for God’s sake!
Yet, I must have suspected something, because the surprise wasn’t quite paralyzing. And I suppose he could take some credit for that; he’d seen to having me well indoctrinated, at ...one time. I don’t think any of us who went through the brutal wartime training program he set up can ever really be taken by surprise.
I was functioning again, and I looked at the little revolver with the big hole in the muzzle. And then I looked at Mac, and I grinned.
“Very neat, sir,” I murmured. “But you don’t really think I’d hand you a loaded gun, do you?”
I mean, it was the automatic reaction. I still was very far from comprehending what was happening and what it all meant.MoreLess
I didn’t have to ask who Sarah was. That would be their code name for the tall girl standing nearby—the girl I’d known as Mary Frances. Well, I’d guessed somebody clever was behind all the fancy maneuvering, but... Mac, for God’s sake!
Yet, I must have suspected something, because the surprise wasn’t quite paralyzing. And I suppose he could take some credit for that; he’d seen to having me well indoctrinated, at ...one time. I don’t think any of us who went through the brutal wartime training program he set up can ever really be taken by surprise.
I was functioning again, and I looked at the little revolver with the big hole in the muzzle. And then I looked at Mac, and I grinned.
“Very neat, sir,” I murmured. “But you don’t really think I’d hand you a loaded gun, do you?”
I mean, it was the automatic reaction. I still was very far from comprehending what was happening and what it all meant.MoreLess
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