The Looking Glass War Page #5

Go ahead, take it away from him.

Jerries do not like a knife,

not one bit.

Never could take cold steel.

Go on, it's just a little one.

What we say is:

"Six inches will not hurt a woman,

but it will kill a man."

Lovely! That's it!

Never be generous with the body.

That's what we tell our daughters.

All right!

Mrs. King.

-Are you all right in there, ma'am?

-Yes, thank you, we're all right.

A lot of racket. We wondered

if anything was wrong.

l'm sorry. The boys were having a bit

of a wrestle. Something fell over.

-l'll put a stop to it.

-Yes, that would be good if you could.

-We could hear it clear to the corner.

-l'm so sorry.

-Thanks again. Good night.

-Good night, ma'am.

Thank you.

Did l do it right?

Did l do it right?

Never lean on your opponent.

Never lose your temper.

And why fight over a knife when you

had a loaded gun under your arm?

You're a wonderful man.

Nothing ever pleases you.

He's half mad, you know?

Do you think he's all right for the job?

We didn't look very far...

...did we?

They have satellites

for this sort of thing.

Well, l don't believe in it anymore.

l'm sorry, l can't.

l don't believe that Taylor

was murdered.

And l don't see any rockets.

Am l right to risk his life?

We're not risking his life, he is.

That's easy to say here

in this dream factory.

Remember the V-2s, Adrian?

The sky was red with fire.

They were blowing London apart.

We killed dozens of fine young men,

the best of their generation.

Dropped them from aircraft,

sent them swimming in the night...

...on hunches, rumors...

...a smudge on a photograph.

None of them came back.

But finally one...

...radioed a few words of Morse

before they caught him.

Fifty million people slept

safer that night.

We had scruples like you...

-...but we learned to overcome them.

-lt's harder now, Adrian.

Our generation was tried

as no generation before us...

...and we were not found wanting.

lt's harder in peacetime.

Do you know what the director

is saying?

lf you want to do the job,

then get on with it.

But if you want to cultivate

your emotions, go elsewhere.

All right.

But the gun.

Sending a man across a border

with a gun is an act of war.

Yes, yes. l'm agin it.

lf anything happened at the border...

-...how would we explain it?

-A knife, l can see a knife.

You could call it an all-purpose

kind of thing.

Tell him, John. Make him understand.

lf he can't accept our discipline,

we can't let him go.

You switched off your phones!

-What's the matter?

-They called from the safe house.

Mayfly's gone.

He's flown the bleeding coop!

What are you looking at?

No, no, no.

No, wait, wait, wait. Wait.

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