The Scorpion Signal by Adam Hall

Author:Adam Hall [Hall, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Espionage, Fiction, General, Political Science, Intelligence service, Spy Stories, British, Intelligence Officers, Russia, Political Freedom & Security, Intelligence, Quiller (Fictitious Character), Quiller (Fictitious Character) - Fiction, British - Russia, Intelligence Officers - Fiction
ISBN: 9780385122771
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1979-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Quietly he said: 'Croder mentioned that, yes. And you mentioned it yourself.' 'Got a good memory,' but it was all I could do not to walk away and leave him the whole bloody mess to look after because he'd used the same tone as Croder had, and looked at me in the same way, wondering if I was getting too old now, too scared. What were they trying to do, push me over the edge? 'We're all of us quite aware,' he said in a low voice, 'of how much we're asking of you.' 'Look, it's no big deal, Bracken, I took on the job when I knew I wasn't ready for it and that was my fault but I need to work alone so that I can be absolutely sure that no one's going to Judas me into Lubyanka without any warning, you can't expect anyone to work like that.' I turned and started walking through the trees and he had to come with me, I needed movement, I was frozen stiff standing there picking over the bits of a broken mission, I wasn't used to it and I didn't know how to handle it and neither did Bracken. 'I'd agree to get Ignatov for you and pull out afterwards but the streets are too dangerous now: I would have asked you to meet me at the safe-house but I'm not even sure it's safe any more.' We tramped together through the snow, the blind leading the blind. The trees were darker here and I felt less exposed. 'I have another safe-house for you,' Bracken said and I thought oh Christ he's not going to give up. 'I would also guarantee that in future your only contract in Moscow would be myself.' I didn't say anything. I wasn't interested. 'If there's a Judas in the local network,' Bracken said, having to make himself say it, make himself believe it, 'we have to find him.' 'You do. I don't. He's your pigeon.' The snow kicked up from our shoes. Men over there, three men over there, keep an eye. 'You know where to find him,' Bracken said. 'We don't.' 'I can't look for him. Not in the streets.' 'Don't you have his address?' 'No.' The looked like businessmen, officials of some kind but not in uniform. They were walking towards the frozen pond and I watched them. 'They're all right,' Bracken said. 'Don't worry.' 'Those people?' 'Yes. They're all right.' He walked closer to me, protectively. 'You think I'm paranoid or something?' I moved away from him, bloody nursemaid, I'd got the wrong director, I should have been given Ferris. 'If you've just come out of Lubyanka,' Bracken said, 'under your own steam, you'll feel a bit paranoid for a while. We can accommodate that.' The three men were moving away from us towards the gates of the park. They hadn't even seen us. 'You'll accommodate anything I do,' I said, 'even if I shit down the chimney, as long as I get Ignatov for you, right?' 'That's right.

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