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“Whom?”
“I haven’t the foggiest But it’s not for Japan”
“If you don’t knoho he is working for, what makes you think it’s someone other than the Japanese?”
“Because Yamamoto offered to buy information from me”
“What information?”
“He suspected that I had inforht Offered a pretty penny for it Expense was obviously no object”
“Did you have the information?”
“That’s neither here nor there,” Abbington-Westlake answered opaquely “The point is, the Japs don’t give a hang about the Frogs, old boy The French Navy can’t fight in the Pacific They can barely defend the Bay of Biscay”
“Then what did he want it for?”
“That is the point That is what I a you Yamamoto intended to sell it to someone who does care about the French”
“Who?”
“Who else but the Germans?”
Bell studied the Englishman’s face for a full minute Then he leaned closer, and said, “Commander, it is now clear to , you are extremely well informed about your fellow spies In fact, I suspect you knowon”
“Welcolishratulate you on your very recent arrival”
“What Germans?” Bell demanded harshly