Red in the Morning (2012)
““We may be able,” said Brevet, “to use him alive.”
“You mean, to string Mansel along?”
“That was in my mind,” said Brevet.
“How?” said Gedge, biting his lip.
“I don’t know: but Mansel may take some action which gives us a line. Whereas, if we put him down …”
Gedge addressed me.
“What’ll Mansel do?” he said.
“I’ve no idea.”
“Does he know of the quarry?”
“If Bagot is pulling his weight, he very soon will.”
“You knew before.”
“Of course we knew the quarry: we didn’t know it made a way in.”
“How d’...you know now?”
“I heard the curtain go up.”
“Where and when were you to meet Mansel?”
“On the other side of the water, at half-past ten.”
“That’s no good,” said Brevet. “Bagot–”
“— Bagot,” said Gedge.
“I’m not so sure,” said Brevet. “He will a tale unfold.”
“And then what?”
“Mansel may rush his fences – he’ll know he’s up against time.”
“By —, he is,” said Gedge.
“We stray from the point,”MoreLess
“You mean, to string Mansel along?”
“That was in my mind,” said Brevet.
“How?” said Gedge, biting his lip.
“I don’t know: but Mansel may take some action which gives us a line. Whereas, if we put him down …”
Gedge addressed me.
“What’ll Mansel do?” he said.
“I’ve no idea.”
“Does he know of the quarry?”
“If Bagot is pulling his weight, he very soon will.”
“You knew before.”
“Of course we knew the quarry: we didn’t know it made a way in.”
“How d’...you know now?”
“I heard the curtain go up.”
“Where and when were you to meet Mansel?”
“On the other side of the water, at half-past ten.”
“That’s no good,” said Brevet. “Bagot–”
“— Bagot,” said Gedge.
“I’m not so sure,” said Brevet. “He will a tale unfold.”
“And then what?”
“Mansel may rush his fences – he’ll know he’s up against time.”
“By —, he is,” said Gedge.
“We stray from the point,”MoreLess
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