They Came to Baghdad by They came to Baghdad

Author:They came to Baghdad
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-06-26T07:48:27.484000+00:00

Chapter 16

I

‘Find your young man?’ asked Mr Dakin.

Victoria nodded.

‘Find anything else?’

Rather mournfully, Victoria shook her head.

‘Well, cheer up,’ said Mr Dakin. ‘Remember, in this game, results are few and far between. You might have picked upsomething there – one never knows, but I wasn’t in any way counting on it.’

‘Can I still go on trying?’ asked Victoria.

‘Do you want to?’

‘Yes, I do. Edward thinks he can get me a job at the Olive Branch. If I keep my ears and eyes open, I might find out something, mightn’t I? They know something about Anna Scheele there.’

‘Now that’s very interesting, Victoria. How did you learn that?’

Victoria repeated what Edward had told her – about Catherine’s remark that when ‘Anna Scheele came’ they would take their orders from her.

‘Very interesting,’ said Mr Dakin.

‘Whois Anna Scheele?’ asked Victoria. ‘I mean, you must knowsomething about her – or is she just a name?’

‘She’s more than a name. She’s confidential secretary to an American banker – head of an international banking firm. She left New York and came to London about ten days ago. Since then she’s disappeared.’

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