Code Name- Beatriz by Lou Cadle

Author:Lou Cadle [Cadle, Lou]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cadle-Sparks Books
Published: 2019-01-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

The cart was a burden without anyone on it. She and Claude took turns pulling and pushing it along. A few cars passed them, but no one seemed to think anything of them. They could be any farm couple, she supposed, who had lost the horse that pulled the cart to the war or to hunger, and who took food into town every few days to sell it from the cart. In this scenario, they were on their way home, cart empty of everything but some straw.

Underneath the straw was her valise, the radio, and a moth-eaten blanket Claude had brought along. It was just a cart, not a piece of spy equipment. There were no secret compartments in it to hide the radio or a man.

The walk out to the bridge took over two hours. She strained a calf muscle at about the two-hour mark and felt every step beyond that, though she said nothing. Complaining wouldn’t ease it, and Claude couldn’t help her. She thought about the tin of aspirin in her first aid kit but pushed the thought away. Will might need it.

She hoped Will was in good enough shape to walk. Pulling him on the cart would take a long time, and should their luck turn bad and the Gestapo begin to hunt them this very night, they would all three surely be caught. Walking without the cart would be better, and no slower. Walking meant they could move through the woods, keep off the main road, and stay better hidden.

But could Will manage to walk? That was the question.

They pulled the cart into a culvert near the bridge. Brackish water stood in the ditch. Claude had them pull the cart around in a semi-circle so it was pointed back toward town. If they pulled it straight along the ditch toward town, the ground rose gradually, and it would take them out to the road again.

She left Claude in order to inspect the bridge, carrying her torch. It was a simple structure, pavement over double arches of concrete, a newer build than some in France were. The water swept by below, not dangerously swift, but she’d have to take care if she had to stand in it not to be knocked over by a floating limb. The bridge deck cleared the water by no more than four feet, so she might need to enter the water. There was a metal guard rail to the sides of the road, but were it not for that, if you came across it in the dark and weren’t familiar with the area, you wouldn’t know there even was a bridge. It barely climbed above the level of the main road.

She studied the bridge’s construction. It would be better to blow up both of the arches at once. Hard to time correctly, but not impossible. She climbed back up and told Claude what she thought about placing the charges.

The last light was leeching out of the sky, a bright star—or planet—showing through the treetops.

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