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‘So what’s she up to?’ asked William

‘At the risk of stating the obvious,’ said Jackie, ‘it’sto divorce her husband, and getting her hands on a large settlee, and what better way than telling us where the Rembrandt is?’

‘That’s a risky gaainst’

‘She’s had seven years to think about it,’ said William

‘It still h,’ said Lamont

‘Got anyone in mind for the job, Bruce?’ said Hawksby

‘Mike Harrison would be my first choice Capable, reliable, and trustworthy And if she gives him the job, we’d have someone on the inside’

‘Set up a reeable, William can introduce him to Mrs Faulkner’

‘I’ll get on it right away, sir,’ said Lamont

‘And well done, Williaet the Rembrandt out of Monte Carlo while Faulkner’s in residence But if his wife is on our side, it ht just be possible for us to take hie Now to more immediate problems Jackie, are you all set for Operation Blue Period?’

‘It’s green lit for toht, sir We’ll have the property so well surrounded even aabout it’

‘Are you sure you’ve got all the necessary back-up, Bruce?’

‘The Surrey Constabulary couldn’t have beenus with around twenty officers, who’ll be stationed in two buses at the entry and exit points We’ll be sitting waiting for the villains the moment they come out of the house’

‘And the owners?’

‘They’re away on holiday in the Seychelles, as Faulkner must know, so safely out of harm’s way’