Valley of the Templars
“Laframboise, the pilot, and Arango, their supposed guide, were both on the floor, snoring away. Carrie Pilkington was staring up at the ceiling. Finally she looked down, staring at Black.
“Some analyst I am,” she said angrily. “I couldn’t analyze my way out of a wet paper bag.”
“Analyzing information isn’t the same thing as figuring out how to escape from a windowless jail in the middle of the jungle surrounded by armed men,” said Black. “The era of Richard Hannay and James Bond is over.”
“Rich...ard who?” Carrie said.
“The first fictional heroic spy of the twentieth century,” said Laframboise, coming out of his doze. “He was the star of several books by John Buchan. The most famous was The Thirty-Nine Steps. Alfred Hitchcock made it into a movie in the nineteen thirties. Buchan was also known as Lord Tweedsmuir, the governor general of Canada.”
“Good Lord,” said Black.
“I had the best paper route in Ottawa,” said Laframboise, sitting up and yawning.MoreLess
“Some analyst I am,” she said angrily. “I couldn’t analyze my way out of a wet paper bag.”
“Analyzing information isn’t the same thing as figuring out how to escape from a windowless jail in the middle of the jungle surrounded by armed men,” said Black. “The era of Richard Hannay and James Bond is over.”
“Rich...ard who?” Carrie said.
“The first fictional heroic spy of the twentieth century,” said Laframboise, coming out of his doze. “He was the star of several books by John Buchan. The most famous was The Thirty-Nine Steps. Alfred Hitchcock made it into a movie in the nineteen thirties. Buchan was also known as Lord Tweedsmuir, the governor general of Canada.”
“Good Lord,” said Black.
“I had the best paper route in Ottawa,” said Laframboise, sitting up and yawning.MoreLess
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