If I Fall
“It was not when Sir Marcus came to the door of number sixteen, under the pretext of taking Jack to the War Department to discuss possible employment—thereby providing a suitable alibi, should anyone being to wonder why, whenever the Blue Raven appears, Lieutenant Jackson Fletcher is never in the room.
No, it was while he was crouched in shadow, in an alley two blocks away from number sixteen, being lectured on espionage etiquette by the Blue Raven himself, that Jack understood that he was about... to enter a war zone.
“I would feel far more comfortable doing this in a public place,” he muttered, as his eyes scanned the rough brick walls of the fancy pastry shop on one side of the narrow space, and the milliner’s on the other.
“Too easily seen.”
“Yet, without the distractions of other people, or the possibility of being found out, she’s far more likely to recognize me.”
But Byrne just shrugged. “It will be dark in her room. You’re certain she’s gone to bed?”
“It’s past two in the morning.MoreLess
No, it was while he was crouched in shadow, in an alley two blocks away from number sixteen, being lectured on espionage etiquette by the Blue Raven himself, that Jack understood that he was about... to enter a war zone.
“I would feel far more comfortable doing this in a public place,” he muttered, as his eyes scanned the rough brick walls of the fancy pastry shop on one side of the narrow space, and the milliner’s on the other.
“Too easily seen.”
“Yet, without the distractions of other people, or the possibility of being found out, she’s far more likely to recognize me.”
But Byrne just shrugged. “It will be dark in her room. You’re certain she’s gone to bed?”
“It’s past two in the morning.MoreLess
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