Matt Helm 06 - The Ambushers by Donald Hamilton

Author:Donald Hamilton [Hamilton, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Helm 06
Published: 2012-07-14T18:29:08+00:00

"Von Sachs," she said quietly. "Where does he have his headquarters, Mr. Evans? We know it's south of the border in Mexico, but where?'

"Try scopolamine, honey," I said. "That mail-order gadget won't get you anywhere."

"Von Sachs," she repeated. "Where is Heinrich von Sachs?"

"You're taking a chance that close, honey," I said. "I used to be the champion spitter of Santa Fe County, New Mexico. PU put it right in your eye. . . . Ahhh!"

After that, it got a little rough. I mean, it was worse than hitting your thumb with a heavy hammer or dropping a brick on your toe because it didn't stop. It was about like having a clumsy, persistent dentist working on you without Novocain. People have stood that and I stood this, but I don't pretend I was heroic about it. I grunted and sweated as it went on; I even considered screaming occasionally but decided against it. Things were tough enough without adding a gag to my discomforts.

"Von Sachs! Where is Heinrich von Sachs?"

After a while I passed out. I couldn't have been unconscious long, because when I opened my eyes she'd only stepped back a pace, waiting for me to revive. I noticed she wasn't as pretty as she had been. Sweat had turned her face shiny and streaked her make-up. Her big, fancy hairdo was starting to fall apart. She made no attempt to repair the damage. Perhaps she wasn't even aware of it. More likely she just let her wild-woman appearance alone because she knew she looked more scary that way. When she saw my eyes open, she lifted the iron and stepped forward again.

"Katerina."

It was the voice of the man behind me. Catherine glanced his way irritably.

"What is it, Max?"

So his name was Max, not Herman Smith. I'd learned something, after all. It hardly seemed worth the effort.

"It is no good," Max said. "In a week, maybe. In a month, yes. One can break any man in a month. But the construction crew will be here in the morning."

"I will burn his eyes out if he does not talk!" she said violently. "I will. . . ."

She described the other ingenious things she would do to me. She was talking for effect, of course, to intimidate me, but there was no doubt in my mind now that her basic emotion was genuine. She wasn't bluffing, certainly. She really wanted to know where von Sachs could be found. She really thought I could tell her. She obviously didn't have the information we wanted, since she was searching for it herself.

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