Dark Eye of the Jaguar by Robert Mitchell

Author:Robert Mitchell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-09-24T23:00:00+00:00

“God, Ben,” Sue whispered as soon as the door had closed. I signalled to her to be quiet, and then listened as the sound of footsteps retreated along the passage.

“Okay, they’ve gone,” I said.

“This is becoming almost too complicated, Ben. We’ve now got the Jesuits, the Buddhists, Jackson Lee, and whoever is going to lay claim to the medallion, not to mention whatever else might be in the bloody chest, and now the goddamned curse as well!”

“I think the medallion is going to be the least of our problems. It’s Jackson Lee and his gang who’ve got me worried.”

“What about the curse!”

“What about it?”

“Well, we might be next!”

“Blood hell, woman! We didn’t steal it. We didn’t kill anyone to get it. We obtained it quite peaceably. Nothing happened to the Jesuit priest who picked it up after the second officer got the spear in his back, and the priest was surrounded by bloody violence! Don’t worry about it!”

“Why don’t we just pack up, go home, and sell the cross to the Jesuits. They’ve promised us at least half a million for it. We might even get more. They might even give us something for the gold pieces.”

“Why would they do that?”

“What, give us something for the gold pieces?”

“Yeah.”

“They could sell them on to the Buddhists and make a profit.”

“Ah,” I said. “I don’t think they’d be likely to come at that. It wouldn’t be the religious thing to do. And what if they reneged on paying us the half million or whatever?”

“We’ve still got Captain Monty’s letter and his drawing of the temple. They want the sacred relics. I think the cross is secondary. In fact, I reckon they’d sacrifice the cross if they could get their relics back. They’re probably just a little bit worried about the curse as well.”

“Maybe.”

“Ben, I’m really frightened. Jackson Lee might be the head of one of those triads. They’d kill us without even a second thought. And if they get their hands on us, well, they’d do anything to us to get us to divulge the location of Captain Monty’s chest.”

“I don’t think he’s with one of the triads. They’d have grabbed us already if he was. They had plenty of opportunity at the airport, and on the road in from the airport. Jackson Lee is just a small-time crook of some sort. And we’ve got Joseph and the Jesuits on our side now. We’re not alone any more.”

“Maybe,” she said, and then gave a nervous laugh. “Joseph and the Jesuits. It sounds like a fifties rock band.” She picked up the spectacle case that Angelo had left on the table and placed one end in front of her mouth. “And now folks, straight from their successful season in sunny Beijing, we have Joseph and the Jesuits playing their latest hit – Bring on the Buddhists!”

“Yeah, right,” I replied. “Let’s be serious for a few minutes.”

“Sorry, I thought I was.”

We both needed sleep, me more than Sue.

“And anyway,” I said. “We haven’t got the Buddhists onside yet.

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