Wrath of God by Jack Higgins

Author:Jack Higgins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1971-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

When we reached the hotel, she seemed to have recovered herself and went up the steps briskly, her spurs jangling. Moreno was behind the bar clearing glasses and came round to greet her rather uncertainly, drying his hands on a cloth.

‘At your orders, señorita.’

‘These gentlemen are here on my father’s business, Rafael. Two days, perhaps three. Your best rooms will be sufficient.’

There was the same look of horror on his face as when he had first seen van Horne. ‘But, señorita,’ he whispered, ‘how can I do this thing. It is not permitted.’

‘Tell me, my friend,’ she said coldly. ‘Who owns this place?’

‘Why, your father, señorita.’

‘Then your choice is simple. Either you do as I say or I will have you on the street, bag and baggage. You would like this?’

He fluttered helplessly, a fly in the web. ‘My wife, as the señorita knows, is in no condition …’

‘Exactly.’ There was a ruthless streak in this one a mile wide. ‘My decision, not yours, Rafael. No harm will come to you.’

He collapsed completely. ‘Very well, señorita, on your head be it.’

She turned, a slight, pale smile of triumph on her face. I think that was the first time that it occurred to me that she and her brother must be alike in a great many ways.

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