City of Gold by Len Deighton

Author:Len Deighton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1992-11-28T18:30:00+00:00

‘You can’t go alone.’

‘Don’t be silly, of course I can.’ Alice slowed. The path Sayed had taken was just an unmarked camel track: loose gravel strewn with rocks. Alice drove past the turnoff to get to a nearby group of stunted palm trees. She found a shady patch of sand in which to park.

‘I’ll go with you,’ said Peggy bravely. She didn’t fancy intruding into an Arab village, and Alice could hear that in her voice.

‘Better you stay with the Tilly,’ said Alice. ‘You know how Arabs always appear out of nowhere. They’ll have the wheels off it and strip it clean in five minutes, if we leave it unattended.’

‘I suppose you are right, but do be careful. Do you have a gun?’

‘A gun?’ Alice laughed. ‘What would I be doing with a gun?’

‘What would you be doing following Sayed in a British army vehicle you’ve borrowed?’ said Peggy.

Alice looked at Peggy. She wondered how much Peggy guessed, but this wasn’t the time to ask her. Alice smiled and looked again along the track that Sayed had taken. There was some sort of village there. She couldn’t see the Bedford.

Alice got out. Here, where she’d parked, had once been some sort of roadside army structure. There was a sign in Arabic and some metal drums. A splintered wooden stub embedded in a concrete-filled drum was all that was left of some military signpost.

‘If anyone wants to know what you’re doing here, tell them we’ve broken down. Tell them we’re waiting for a mechanic to fix it.’

‘Don’t be long, Alice. I don’t like being here on my own.’

‘No one’s going to harm you, Peggy. There is a big spanner under the seat. If anyone pokes their head inside, you can bounce it off their skull.’

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