Storm and Silence 05 - Hunting for Silence by Thier Robert
Author:Thier, Robert [Thier, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0829F9CTK
Publisher: Robert Thier
Published: 2019-12-02T05:00:00+00:00
A Special âArse Connection
âI donât understand.â Uncertainly, I glanced from Mr Ambrose, over Karim, to the minister. âAuckland is in Dalglieshâs pay, isnât he? Dalgliesh is going to have him assassinated? And, more importantly, why the heck should we care?â
Karimâs only reaction was to smash his fist into the wall again.
The minister winced. âPlease, Monsieur, would you be so kind as to desist? I âave asked the king for a new Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but I would rather that this building not topple around my ears before the other is finished.â
Giving a grunt, Karim clenched his fists and crossed his arms in front of his chest, glaring at the rest of the room as if he expected the piles of documents to charge him any minute, intent on delivering deadly papercuts.
âI donât understand,â I repeated. âAuckland is one of Dalglieshâs minions, right?â
My dear employer and the minister exchanged another dark look.
âWhat? What is it?â
âThe problem, Mr Linton,â Mr Ambrose started to explain, âis that this governor-general has actually been something of a thorn in Lord Dalglieshâs side. He was a member of the reform party during his time in parliament. His tendencies were less evident as he rose through the ranks, but when he became governor-general, he began implementing reforms in India. Building up industry, opening schools, that sort of thing.â
I blinked. âAnd? Wouldnât Dalgliesh want that?â
Mr Ambrose gave me a long look. âWould Dalgliesh want his subjects to learn how to read and write western languages, understand the works of people writing about democracy and the rights of people to govern themselves, and work in factories that make trains, cannons and guns? What do you think?â
âOh.â
âIndeed.â
âQuite a vexing situation for âis Lordship, I imagine.â Guizotâs thin lips twitched. ââis companyâs PR department has done such a wonderful job convincing everyone that the true reason why the British reign over a gigantic empire that sucks the life out of the world is to educate and help the poor natives, that some of his own employees and recruits âave actually started to believe the lie. How annoying it must be that some of your own people are spreading dangerous ideas, when all theyâre really supposed to do is increase the opium production.â[37]
Karim looked as if heâd like to punch the wall again. Instead, he just muttered something in Punjabi. If I got it right, he told the East India Company to go and do something which I wasnât sure was anatomically possible for a company to do.
âI still donât quite get it,â I told Mr Ambrose, shaking my head. âSo, Lord Dalgliesh wasnât planning to kill Monsieur Guizot?â
Mr Ambrose speared me with an icy glare. Why was he looking at me like this? Whyâ
Oh crap.
I had completely forgotten that we hadnât shared the little detail of Dalgliesh plotting to assassinate him with the minister yet. Quickly, I threw a glance in his direction. But, to judge by the dark look on Guizotâs face, my mention of his demise hadnât come as a great surprise to him.
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