Biggles Takes Charge by W E Johns

Biggles Takes Charge by W E Johns

Author:W E Johns [Johns, W E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adventure
Published: 2012-05-04T19:23:15+00:00


CHAPTER 9

BACK TO LA SOLOGNE

IN half an hour they were all in the Hotel de Paris, with arrangements made for adjoining double rooms in order to keep in close touch with each other. It was also a safety precaution, for in the circumstances Biggles would not hear of Charles being left alone. The danger of his position was all too evident.

After a quick wash and brush up it was in Biggles’s room that they foregathered to hear Charles read the letter, for it was of course in his own language which none of the others understood. Charles had to translate as he went along, and as he had sometimes to search for the right words to express exactly what his cousin had to say, it was a somewhat laborious process. But the substance of the letter, which was dated only three weeks earlier, was this.

The writer began by saying that he was penning the letter in the desperate hope that Charles, should he be seeking him, would learn of his residence at the Villa Clement. He, Boris, had no idea of Charles’s whereabouts; but it was essential that they should make contact if for no other reason than to establish a rendezvous where from time to time they could meet and keep each other informed of current events. The letter was being put in the hands of Madame Cavalli who could be trusted implicitly. For purposes of identification she had been told of the scar on Charles’s arm.

Boris went on to say that he had been hard pressed by enemy agents determined to kill him. Three attempts had been made on his life. One of these had so nearly succeeded that he had been in hospital, in Switzerland, for some time. From this hiding-place he had had to fly before he was really fit, because his enemies had located him there. The man who had shot him was Serge Prutski, an ex-gaol-bird of Bucharest and one of the leaders of the revolution. It was this man who had assassinated Charles’s father. Released by the Russians he was now in their secret service.

Boris continued. He would have left Europe had it been possible; but it was not, for two reasons. In the first place he was still weak from the wound that had nearly killed him. Secondly, he was short of money. He was also in some doubt about trying to get into America on his passport, which he feared might lead to press publicity and thus betray him. It was in the name of Zarrill, and on account of his war work he was known by that name to his enemies. He hoped, when he was fully recovered, to get over his financial difficulties by entering Moldavia in disguise and recovering certain valuable articles belonging to them which he thought Charles must know about. The enemy also knew of the existence of these things.

The letter concluded by giving Charles instructions for getting in touch with the writer, who was at present hiding in the forest of La Sologne, south of Orleans.



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