Sea Change
“'If you attempt to break away, however, I'll shoot you down without a moment's hesitation. Be in no doubt of that. I have need of you, but my need's not so pressing that I'll brook any resistance. And you're an escaped prisoner, remember. I'd probably be rewarded for my pains. We have a little way to go to a place of safety. Once there, I'll explain what I want from you. Until then, you'll keep your mouth shut and your ears open. Now, walk straight ahead.'The simplicity of these instructions wa...s strangely welcome to Spandrel. Who — or what — Mcllwraith was he had no idea. But the fact remained that he was no longer in a cramped cell beneath the Stadhuis, nor were manacles chafing his wrists. He was free — up to a point. And, to judge by what Cloisterman had said, not a moment too soon. There was treachery everywhere. No-one could be trusted. But, for the present, he was walking the streets of Amsterdam and breathing the clear, sunlit air. It was enough. It was, in truth, all he had recently longed for.The route they followed led through a busy marketplace, then steadily north, by a series of alleys and canalside streets, to the harbour.MoreLess
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