The Alamut Ambush
“‘I probably do know more about Alamut than he does. But the Alamut List is something different.’ Roskill looked at Mary doubtfully. It was typical of David to shoot his mouth off in front of civilians; it wasn’t so much lax security this time as that calculated and deliberate amateurishness of his – the flouting of the rules to prove that he was a gentleman rather than a player. Except that this time David might not be wholly to blame – if Mary had crooked her little finger at him.
Audley c...aught his look and waved his hand airily.
‘Miss Hunter and I have already had a talk, damn it – she already knows enough to ruin us, thanks to you.’ Mary’s eyes rested on the big man approvingly, as though he had already been compacted into her inner circle. So the charm had not been one-way, Roskill thought with a twinge of jealousy: when Audley put himself out, which wasn’t often, he too had a way with him.
But having blabbed already himself, Roskill knew he was in no position to protest, even though he could sense Butler’s disapproval.MoreLess
Audley c...aught his look and waved his hand airily.
‘Miss Hunter and I have already had a talk, damn it – she already knows enough to ruin us, thanks to you.’ Mary’s eyes rested on the big man approvingly, as though he had already been compacted into her inner circle. So the charm had not been one-way, Roskill thought with a twinge of jealousy: when Audley put himself out, which wasn’t often, he too had a way with him.
But having blabbed already himself, Roskill knew he was in no position to protest, even though he could sense Butler’s disapproval.MoreLess
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