Frank Merlin 02 Stalin's Gold aka In the Shadows of the Blitz by Mark Ellis

Author:Mark Ellis [Ellis, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783067503
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Tarkowski blearily removed the bedcover from his face and slowly opened his eyes. His head throbbed. Another endless meeting followed by several rounds of Polish plum brandy with the general and his cronies had played havoc with his brain cells. He rolled onto his side and grimaced as his back creaked in sympathy with his head. The high ceiling above him shimmered in the distance as his ears began to register an unusual sound. His wife was not by his side, but, as he levered himself up on his elbows, he could see the back of her dressing gown in the bathroom facing him. Her shoulders were trembling, he could see, and the unusual sound was that of her crying. Maria had never been one for tears. Even during the worst moments of their flight from Poland, when it looked as if they would lose everything including their lives, she had never shed a tear. Not even when one brother’s death had been reported and then Karol’s capture had become known had she wept – not in front of him anyway.

He rose stiffly from the bed and walked to the bathroom. He placed his hands on her shoulders. “What is it, my darling? This is not like you.”

Maria’s shoulders fell for a moment, then she turned and melted into his arms. “Oh. Adam. Adam. I am so unhappy!”

“Please, darling. Tell me. Who or what is causing this?”

“It’s Karol. Voronov thinks he can help, but for a price. He knows or thinks he knows about—”

“What does that fat, jumped-up, Russian thing know? How dare he!”

“He says he has contacts who can help, if we…”

“Calm down, Maria. I doubt very much he can do anything for Karol and we must not succumb to blackmail.”

The Countess started to sob again. How could she begin to explain to her husband that for love she had already paid part of Voronov’s price?

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