The Arctic Event by Robert Ludlum

Author:Robert Ludlum
Language: por
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-06-10T04:00:00+00:00

Covert One 7 - The Arctic Event

Okay, Mr. Kropodkin, you can stand up and fix yourself something to eat now. But donÕt get funny. It would be a very bad idea.

The room went quiet beyond the wind moan and the clatter of pans and cutlery. Kropodkin heated a can of stew and a kettle of water on the bunkhouseÕs primus cooker. Occasionally he cast his eyes in RandiÕs direction, but every time he found the barrel of the submachine gun tracking him as if guided by radar fire control. Something hovered in the air of the room...expectancy, but her glittering jet eyes were totally unreadable and unrevealing.

May I pick up a knife to cut myself a slice of bread? he asked with biting politeness.

If you make a move I donÕt like, youÕll find out about it.

In the far corner of the bunkroom Trowbridge finished dressing, regaining his pomposity along with his trousers. I think, Ms. Russell, that it is time for us to clarify a few things...

And I think, Doctor, that you had better shut up.

The academicÕs voice started to lift. I am not accustomed to being spoken to in this manner!

YouÕll get used to it.

Trowbridge had no choice but to subside.

Kropodkin set his dishes on the mess table and wolfed into his tea, stew, and bread, eating rapidly and glancing between Trowbridge and the woman silently covering him.

Randi let him get half the meal down before she spoke. Okay, letÕs get this finished. Your name is Stefan Kropodkin, you are a Slovakian citizen of Yugoslav descent, and youÕre attending McGill University on a scholarship and student visa.

The doctor must have told you that, Kropodkin said around a mouthful of bread and margarine.

He did. He also said you were a top-flight student and a very capable individual. ThatÕs how you got the posting to this expedition. Randi leaned forward in her chair. Now, letÕs get on to what you say. You say you were on a science party with two other members of your expedition, the doctors Gupta and Hasegawa, when suddenly the two of them disappeared. You came back here and reported their disappearance. Then you went out on the search party with Dr. Creston and Ian Rutherford. You went out onto the pack ice while searching; then Creston and Rutherford vanished as well. You were trapped on the ice by an opening water lead. You just happened to be the man with the shotgun, and you just happened to fire two shots from it.

You were stuck out there for almost two full nights; then the ice leads closed and you made it back to camp only an hour or so ago. You have no idea what happened to Gupta, Hasegawa, Creston, or Rutherford, and you have no idea who may have killed Kayla Brown here at the camp. Is this essentially your story?

Yes, because that is the truth, Kropodkin replied sullenly, after taking a gulp of tea.

No, it isnÕt, Randi said matter-of-factly. YouÕre a liar, and a murderer and probably a number of other unsavory things that weÕll find out about.

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