Love Wins In Berlin by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-906950-79-8
Publisher: Barbara Cartland.com

CHAPTER FIVE

After Simona had left him, the Marquis locked the communicating door into the sitting room and again checked the door into the corridor to make certain it was secure.

Then he climbed into bed knowing that he would not be interrupted until the morning.

All the time everything that Simona had told him was swimming through his mind. He thought how fortunate he was that she had been clever enough to find out exactly what he wanted.

He slept fitfully for a while before waking early to lie planning what he would do now.

Finally he decided that he would need to take Dorkins into his confidence as he had no idea where to find the Panzer Haus and he could hardly go round looking for it, nor was it possible for him to ask the Baron or any of his staff for directions.

He unlocked the door and waited for Dorkins to come in and call him.

When his valet finally arrived the Marquis said,

“I have heard some good news, Dorkins, and it is most important for you to listen very carefully to what I am about to say.”

“I always does that, my Lord.”

The Marquis explained that he had discovered where Watson was being held and that he was locked up in the Panzer Haus.

“Yer’re sure that’s where he be, my Lord?” Dorkins enquired.

“Quite sure,” the Marquis answered. “Panzer means armour, so I imagine that because the Germans love museums, it is where there will be a collection of ancient armour of which I expect they have a considerable amount.”

Dorkins stared at him before saying,

“That be true, my Lord, and I knows how I can help.”

The Marquis looked surprised.

“How?” he asked briefly.

“When we was at Cowes,” Dorkins said, “I became friendly with the Kaiser’s valet. Quite a nice chap he be, and we had a drink together several times ashore.”

“The Kaiser’s valet!” the Marquis murmured beneath his breath.

“One day when we was talking,” Dorkins continued, “although I don’t think he really knows much, he were saying things about the machinery aboard the yacht and the interest His Majesty was taking in the guns on our battleships.”

The Marquis pressed his lips together.

He could not believe that the Kaiser was employing his valet as well as so many others to spy on the Royal Navy.

“So I finds out,” Dorkins resumed, “that Franz, for that’s his name, be very keen on old armour. Your Lordship knows the sort yer have at the Castle which yer ancestors, one of them an Earl, wore at the Battle of Agincourt, or was it some other battle?”

“I know the armour you mean.”

“I promise to Franz, that if he comes to London I’d show him some of the armour we have, and he says he’d do the same if I comes to Berlin.”

The Marquis exclaimed, “that means you will be able to find out where the Panzer Haus is, and also, if we are lucky, get us inside.”

“I expects I can fix it, my Lord,” Dorkins replied confidentially. “Franz be a simple sort of man and I thinks he will keep his word.

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