The Brothers Cabal
“He had seen newspaper images, wanted posters of him. He had seen his corpse, for heaven’s sake, brought into town of an evening when, bizarrely, his brother was proclaimed a hero for killing that very man.
The man looked up, shading his eyes, watching the Spirit of ’76 as it circled him. Then he waved. Horst had to fight the impulse to wave back.
‘It can’t be,’ he shouted back to Miss Virginia. ‘It simply can’t be!’ ‘You know that feller?’ she demanded. It was impossible to tell if her tone was... curious or suspicious. Horst thought she had reasonable grounds for both.
‘Yes! But it’s impossible. That’s Rufus Maleficarus!’ A Slightly Longer Interlude Johannes Cabal was sitting bolt upright once more. ‘What?’ he snapped. ‘What?’ ‘Well, quite,’ said Horst mildly. ‘I was surprised, too. I thought you’d killed him. You did say you’d killed him, didn’t you?’ ‘Of course I said it! I did kill him. I shot him. I shot him repeatedly. With a Webley .577.MoreLess
The man looked up, shading his eyes, watching the Spirit of ’76 as it circled him. Then he waved. Horst had to fight the impulse to wave back.
‘It can’t be,’ he shouted back to Miss Virginia. ‘It simply can’t be!’ ‘You know that feller?’ she demanded. It was impossible to tell if her tone was... curious or suspicious. Horst thought she had reasonable grounds for both.
‘Yes! But it’s impossible. That’s Rufus Maleficarus!’ A Slightly Longer Interlude Johannes Cabal was sitting bolt upright once more. ‘What?’ he snapped. ‘What?’ ‘Well, quite,’ said Horst mildly. ‘I was surprised, too. I thought you’d killed him. You did say you’d killed him, didn’t you?’ ‘Of course I said it! I did kill him. I shot him. I shot him repeatedly. With a Webley .577.MoreLess
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