The Contract
“He walked at a busy pace through the Customs area and out onto the concourse and his eyes roved for the man meeting him. Adam Percy, SIS resident in the German capital, stood back from the waving greeters and welcome carriers who awaited other passengers from the London flight. Mawby saw him, strode forward, there was a brief and perfunctory handshake and they were on their way to the car park.
They looked what they were. The man on the ground who was the junior and at the airport to meet his c...hief from head office. The twinge of deference, had it been a good journey? The fact that the plane had not been delayed, the weather should hold up. With Percy driving they moved off for the autobahn heading south.
'What seems to be the form, Adam?' 'I held off calling you, Mr Mawby, until I'd lined a man for you to talk with.' 'Thank you for that.' 'We're going now to a village just the far side of Bonn, to see a man who deals in the matters we're concerned with.' The mole bulged on the left face of Percy's nose, his lips were flaccid and creased and bloodless.MoreLess
They looked what they were. The man on the ground who was the junior and at the airport to meet his c...hief from head office. The twinge of deference, had it been a good journey? The fact that the plane had not been delayed, the weather should hold up. With Percy driving they moved off for the autobahn heading south.
'What seems to be the form, Adam?' 'I held off calling you, Mr Mawby, until I'd lined a man for you to talk with.' 'Thank you for that.' 'We're going now to a village just the far side of Bonn, to see a man who deals in the matters we're concerned with.' The mole bulged on the left face of Percy's nose, his lips were flaccid and creased and bloodless.MoreLess
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