The Savage Day - Simon Vaughn 02 (V5)
“Hardly the most comforting of thoughts with the prospect of the kind of passage by night I had in front of me.For the moment, I was snug enough, anchored fifty yards from the main jetty. I made a quick check to make certain that all my lines were secure and was just going to go below when a taxi pulled up on the jetty and Meyer got out.He didn't bother to wave. Simply descended a flight of stone steps to the water's edge and stood waiting, so I dropped over the side into the rubber dinghy, started the outboard motor and went to get him.He looked distinctly out of place in his black Homburg and old Burberry raincoat, a parcel under one arm, a briefcase in his other hand, and he obviously felt it.'Is it safe, this thing?' he demanded, peering anxiously through his spectacles at the dinghy.'As houses,' I said taking the briefcase he passed to me.He hung on to the parcel, stepped gingerly into the dinghy and sat down in the prow. As we moved towards the motor cruiser, he turned to have a ...look at her.'Are you satisfied?''Couldn't be better.''The Kathleen, isn't that what they call her?MoreLess
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