Cannons in the Rain (Gringos 2) by JD Sandon

Author:JD Sandon [Sandon, J.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mexican Revolution, Piccadilly Cowboys, Piccadilly Publishing, John Harvey, Colt automatic, American History, Action adventure, Gringos series
Publisher: Piccadilly
Published: 2022-05-31T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

THE WIND THAT cut through the streets of Mexico City was as keen as the sharpest, stealthiest blade. The avenue of trees which lined the west side of the square moved their branches to the pressure of this wind, restlessly. At the southern end of the avenue there was a broader expanse of road which led towards the center of the city. Couples walked slowly along its pavements, talking in hushed tones; occasionally a pair of soldiers paraded by, rifles slung over their shoulders.

From the ornately fronted church on the far side of the square came the sonorous peeling of bells. And then the hour: eleven o’clock.

In the silence that followed the final echo of the final bell it was possible to hear the lap and splash of water from the fountain in the center of the square.

The long, black car turned the corner at the top of the narrow street and glided slowly along it, small sidelights like slanting eyes on either side of its body.

The car pulled into the curb three-quarters of the way along the street and stopped. The lights went out; the engine was switched off.

There seemed to be no one walking now—as if the bell had sounded a curfew and everyone had hurried off the streets and into their homes.

The shapes inside the car, only dimly discernible, waited. After less than five minutes the curtains at one of the windows on the other side of the main street moved back several inches. A light shone through: on, off, on off.

Good.

The car’s engine turned over and it drew away from the curb, pausing at the intersection, pulling across the road and stopping again by the doorway to a four-story building.

The door was directly below the window in which the light had signaled.

The chauffeur got out of the front of the car and walked round it, taking off his peaked cap before opening the rear passenger door. A small, slight woman slipped quickly out onto the pavement, glancing about her and then tugging at the wide collar of her coat so that it rose above the lower part of her face.

Behind her, a bulky man clambered out and hurried past the woman and into the doorway, never hesitating to look around. The chauffeur closed the door and went back to the front of the car.

By the time he had driven it away, both man and woman had disappeared inside the building.

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