The Ipcress File Page #2

right back to where Ross found you.

Come with me.

A word in your shell-like ear.

If there's anything

to be reported to Ross, I report it.

- Understand?

- Yes, sir.

Thank you for a wonderful evening.

Spare us the jokes, Palmer, I don't have

Colonel Ross's sense of humour.

Yes, I will miss that, sir.

The fella whose job I'm taking,

will he show me the ropes?

- Only if you're in touch with the spirits.

- I beg your pardon?

He was shot this morning.

- Good morning, sir.

- Morning.

Morning, sir.

Murray.

Palmer.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Give him your gun.

Issue him with a Colt .32.

- Do you know how to use this?

- Colt .32? Yes.

- I'd sooner have my automatic.

- Use the Colt.

I'll use the Colt.

- Morning, sir.

- Good morning.

- Morning, sir.

- Good morning.

Morning.

- Thank you.

- Here's the file on Bluejay, sir.

- You won't need that.

- No Oh, come in, Palmer.

Yes, I understand. I see.

I'll be going down there.

Yes, if you will.

- Oh, yes.

- Excuse me.

Did you go over there last night?

How did it turn out?

This morning our S1, Radcliffe,

was lifted and Taylor killed.

It has been put to me

that if we don't get Radcliffe back,

this department will be closed down.

Message received and understood.

Palmer.

This is Palmer, Taylor's replacement.

Chilcott-Oakes.

- Hello.

- Carswell.

Gray, Edwards and Courtney.

You know Alice, of course. Now, then

Oh, you may sit down.

There are only two people in Europe

operating on a scale large enough

to market Radcliffe.

One, codenamed Sparrow,

whom I've just been told by the Sret,

was arrested two months ago

and they're still holding.

So, we are left with Erik Ashley Grantby,

codename Bluejay, born Albania 1918.

Thank you, Chico.

The one in the hat is Bluejay,

the bald one is his chief of staff,

codenamed Housemartin.

This was taken in Stockholm

two years ago.

Here is a more recent film of Bluejay

in Vienna last October.

Since then, it would appear,

he's been lying low.

Alice has done a breakdown of all

his known haunts in and around London.

I want them all checked.

- Jock, take these.

- Sir.

- Gray.

- Sir.

- Edwards.

- Sir.

- Chico.

- Thank you, sir.

Palmer.

Lastly, if Bluejay has Radcliffe,

he'll sell to the highest bidder

and that's got to be us.

Whoever contacts him must let him

know that we're in the market.

Right, get on with it.

Courtney, I'd like a word with you.

I say, er, my name's Harry.

- I'm Jock.

- Hi.

- Is that his bird?

- No!

Oh. That parade-ground manner of his

doesn't work with women.

- He gave you the treatment, eh?

- I'll say.

He does that to everyone.

Still, he's not a bad bloke really.

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