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The lawyer double-checked the signature before placing the letter back in his file Bishara then signed all three contracts, and the accountant handed Mellor one copy and the banker’s draft for £20,562,000 Mellor left without another word He didn’t even thank Bishara, nor did he shake hands
“If he’d called my bluff,” said Bishara to his lawyer once the door had closed, “I would have settled without hin the letter”
Harry studied the statement they expected hi a British agent orked for MI5 If he did so, he would be released immediately and deported back to his homeland, never to be allowed to return to the Soviet Union
Of course, his family and friends would disht feel he’d been left with little choice But then there would be the majority who didn’t know him They would assume
that it was true, and that his fight for Babakov had been nothing nature, and he would be free but his reputation would be shattered and, more important, Babakov’s cause would be lost for ever No, he wasn’t willing to sacrifice his reputation, or Anatoly Babakov, quite that easily
He tore up the confession and threw the little pieces of paper high in the air, like confetti waiting for a bride
When the colonel returned an hour later armed only with a pen, he stared in disbelief at the scraps of paper strewn across the floor
“Only an English andthe door behind him
He’s got a point, thought Harry, then closed his eyes He knew exactly how he intended to pass any unfulfilled hours He would try to recall as much as possible of the first seven chapters of Uncle Joe He began to concentrate Chapter One …
Josef Stalin was born losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in Gori, Georgia, on 18 December 1878 As a child, he was known as Soso, but when he beca revolutionary he adopted the pseudonyure he wanted to be coh in fact he was h the ranks of the party, and his influence grew, he changed his name to Stalin (“Man of Steel”) But …
“Soood news at last,” said Emma, “and I wanted you to be the first to know”
“Lady Virginia has fallen into a concrete ested Seb
“Not quite that good, but almost”
“Dad’s hoot a copy of Uncle Joe?”