“Mongoose smiled, “I was almost sorry that he had to undergo conditioning. I really developed quite a liking for that kid.” “How extensive was the conditioning?” said Forrester. “In Jean’s case, fairly minor. He would remember Monsieur l’Avenir and his peripheral involvement with the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, but he would forget all about the …untimely things that he had seen. After that, well, it seems he had always hated Paris. He and his brother used to dream of going to sea and becomi...ng sailors. After their uncle died, they signed onto a merchant ship as cabin boys. They had a fascinating future ahead of them.” “What actually happened to create the split?” said Andre. Mongoose shook his head. “I can only guess. Perhaps Blakeney, our Blakeney, was killed by Chauvelin in the Chat Gris and the fact that it was a substitute Blakeney, which already worked against temporal inertia, was enough to cause the split. But then, Armand St. Just and the Comte de Tournay were due to arrive shortly.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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