Rendezvous Page #5

ABOUT AN HOUR.

AND THEN WHA DID YOU DO?

WELL, I WALKED

TO THE CLUB,

HAD A CUP OF COFFEE,

AND THEN TOOK A TAXI.

YOU SURE YOU DIDN' LEAVE IT AT THE CLUB?

I TELEPHONED IMMEDIATELY.

THEY HADN'T FOUND IT.

BUT THEY'RE MAKING

A THOROUGH SEARCH.

WHAT ABOU THE TAXI?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW

THE NAME OF THE COMPANY.

OH, THAT'S EASY. WE'LL NOTIFY THEM ALL.

ARE YOU SURE YOU DIDN' STOP OFF ANYWHERE ELSE?

HELLO? GET ME THE ACME

TAXI COMPANY. THANK YOU.

YES.

THE TOBACCONIST.

BY JOE,

I FORGOT THAT.

I'LL GO BACK THERE.

DARLING, YOU'RE

SO TIRED AND OVERWORKED,

YOU CAN'T EVEN

THINK STRAIGHT.

HELLO? GIVE ME THE LOS AND FOUND DEPARTMENT PLEASE.

THANK YOU. I WILL.

LISTEN, DARLING, WE'LL

FIND IT. DON'T WORRY.

NOW, YOU GO TO THE CLUB,

AND IF IT ISN'T THERE,

GO ON TO THE DEPARTMENT.

PHONE ME WHEN:

YOU GET THERE.

I'M BEGINNING TO FEEL BETTER ALREADY.

HURRY, DARLING.

HELLO? LOST AND FOUND DEPARTMENT?

YES. I'M REPORTING THE LOSS

OF A BRIEFCASE LEFT IN A TAXI.

MM-HMM. THANK YOU.

DRIVE AROUND:

THE CORNER.

YES, SIR.

WOULD YOU LIKE:

TO EARN $10?

WOULD I!?

I WANT YOU TO DRIVE

BACK TO THE ANDOVER ARMS

AND TAKE THIS BRIEFCASE TO APARTMENT 4C.

YES.

OK. THAT'S A SOFT WAY

TO PICK UP 10 BUCKS.

WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU'RE TO TELL

THE LADY YOU HAND IT TO

THE GENTLEMAN LEFT I IN YOUR TAXI

ABOUT A HALF:

AN HOUR AGO:

AND THAT YOU SAW

THE ADDRESS ON THE TAG.

I GET YOU.

PARTY BY THE NAME

OF BRENNAN LIVE HERE?

OH, YES.

A GENTLEMAN LEF THIS IN MY TAXI.

OH, THANKS. WAIT A MOMENT PLEASE.

IT'S A LUCKY THING I

SAW THE NAME ON THE TAG.

WE'VE BEEN LOOKING

ALL OVER FOR IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS.

DID YOU GIVE I TO THE LADY?

YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW FORGE THE WHOLE INCIDENT.

YES, SIR.

CHARLES!

WHERE ARE THEY?

FOR YOU.

ANYTHING WRONG?

YES.

OH, HOW DO YOU DO,

MY DEAR? COME RIGHT IN.

HOW ARE YOU?

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE HAD

RELIEVED YOU FROM DUTY.

ANYTHING WRONG?

EVERYTHING.

I KILLED BRENNAN.

WHAT?

BUT WHY?

I COULDN'T HELP IT.

I HAD TO,

I TELL YOU.

AFTER ALL, WHAT'S

ONE LIFE IN A WAR?

I DON'T REGRE ONE LIFE,

ONLY YOUR STUPIDITY.

I HAD ONE OF:

HIS DISPATCHES.

HE CAUGHT ME.

IT WAS HIS LIFE:

OR MINE.

THERE WAS:

NO CHOICE.

THERE WAS:

A CHOICE.

BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE

THE COURAGE TO MAKE IT.

WITH BRENNAN KILLED, THEY

CAN SUSPECT ONLY ONE THING:

THAT WE HAVE:

THE CODE.

THE VITAL THING IS TO FIND

OUT WHAT THEY DO SUSPECT.

BUT OUR ONLY:

CONTACT'S GONE.

WE MUST FORM:

A NEW ONE.

IMMEDIATELY.

IT'S YOUR ONE CHANCE

TO REDEEM YOUR BLUNDER.

WHAT ARE:

YOUR ORDERS?

IN WAR, ONE MUST ALWAYS

CREDIT THE ENEMY WITH

AS MUCH INTELLIGENCE

AS ONESELF.

THEY WILL BE SEARCHING

FOR YOU SOON ENOUGH.

THE WISEST PLAN IS TO LET THEM FIND YOU.

PARADE, REST!

MAJOR CHARLES BRENNAN

DIED AS HE FOUGHT,

BRAVELY AND ALONE, FAR FROM

HIS COUNTRY AND HIS HOME.

WE OWE HIM A DEBT WHICH

CANNOT EVER BE REPAID.

WE FERVENTLY PRAY THA GOD MAY REST HIS SOUL IN PEACE.

ANY IDEA WHO:

THAT WOMAN IS, SIR?

I HAVEN' THE SLIGHTEST IDEA.

MRS. BRENNAN IS IN

ENGLAND, ISN'T SHE?

YES.

IF THAT WOMAN:

IS A RELATIVE,

IT'S STRANGE THAT SHE

HASN'T SHOWN BEFORE NOW.

IF SHE'S IN

DEEP MOURNING.

IT IS STRANGE,

ISN'T IT?

ROBERTS, I'D LIKE

YOU TO GIVE ME:

A BIT OF INFORMATION

ABOUT MAJOR BRENNAN.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

LIEUTENANT GORDON'S

BEEN PLACED IN CHARGE.

YOU WERE WITH THE MAJOR

A LONG WHILE, WEREN'T YOU?

YES, SIR.

DO YOU KNOW:

WHETHER HE HAD:

ANY VERY CLOSE:

WOMEN FRIENDS?

I WOULDN'T KNOW,

SIR. SORRY.

I SEE.

ALL RIGHT, ROBERTS.

YES, SIR.

RUDY.

YES, SIR.

THAT WOMAN IN BLACK.

HOW LONG:

HAS SHE BEEN HERE?

JUST A FEW:

MOMENTS, SIR.

WE'VE BEEN WONDERING

WHO SHE IS.

SO HAVE WE.

UNLESS I MISS:

MY GUESS,

SHE'S BEEN

PLANTED HERE.

PLANTED?

FOR WHAT REASON?

OBVIOUSLY:

TO BE PICKED UP.

SUPPOSE YOU TAG HER,

FIND OUT WHO SHE IS,

THEN PICK HER UP.

YES, SIR.

WE JUST PICKED THIS UP

FROM THE POST OFFICE.

IT'S MARKED NEW YORK.

MISS OLIVIA KARLOFF, ANDOVER

ARMS HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D.C.

WELL?

THE WOMAN IN BLACK.

LAST NIGHT.

OH, YES.

JUST AN ADVERTISEMENT,

APPARENTLY.

APPARENTLY.

BUT DO YOU NOTICE

THE STAMP?

JUST AN ORDINARY

TWO CENT STAMP.

EXACTLY. TWO CENTS.

NOW, IF IT'S JUS AN ADVERTISEMENT,

IT COULD HAVE GONE

FOR ONE CENT... UNSEALED.

WHY SHOULD THEY USE

A TWO CENT STAMP?

WELL, LET'S HAVE A LOOK A IT IN THE REFLECTOSCOPE.

THAT'S JUST WHA I WAS THINKING.

DO YOU MIND TURNING

THAT LIGHT OUT, LIEUTENANT?

THANKS.

HOW'S IT LOOK TO YOU?

FROM OUTWARD APPEARANCES,

IT'S A BONA FIDE

ADVERTISEMENT.

YOU SEE, EVEN THE GRAIN,

IF IT HAS BEEN DISTURBED,

HAS BEEN CLEVERLY

IRONED BACK INTO PLACE.

IF THERE'S

A HIDDEN MESSAGE,

WE'LL HAVE TO FIND

THE REAGENT TO BRING IT OUT.

THAT'S QUITE A JOB

WITH SO MANY REAGENTS.

EVERY SECRET INK HAS

ITS OWN DEVELOPER.

CALLS FOR A LO OF EXPERIMENTATION.

YOU KNOW,

TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD.

NOT A VERY:

DEFINITE METHOD.

WHY, I CAN GIVE I THE FIBER TEST RIGHT NOW.

WON'T TAKE A MINUTE.

LET'S DO IT.

YOUR HUNCH WAS RIGHT,

LIEUTENANT.

THIS CIRCULAR UNDOUBTEDLY

CONTAINS A HIDDEN MESSAGE.

THEN IF WE CAN GET SOME HIN AS TO THE TYPE OF REAGENT...

WHERE DO SPIES:

GENERALLY CARRY REAGENT?

WELL, 9 TIMES OUT OF 10,

THE REAGENT IS IMPREGNATED IN

THE CLOTHING WORN BY THE PERSON

TO WHOM THE MESSAGE IS SENT.

IN CASE IT'S A WOMAN,

IT MAY BE HER STOCKINGS

OR PERHAPS HER UNDERWEAR,

OR IN CLOTH-COVERED

BUTTONS, OR...

I'VE GOT ANOTHER HUNCH.

YES?

I THINK WITHIN AN HOUR,

I CAN PROVIDE:

THE REAGENT WE'RE AFTER.

MEANTIME, GO ON WITH YOUR

EXPERIMENTING, PROFESSOR.

JUST WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

OH! GOOD MORNING, BILL.

HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?

WELL, I HAD A PASS

FOR THE CHAMBER, ALL RIGHT.

WHEN YOUR ORDERLY WEN TO THE FILING CABINET,

WHY, I JUST OPENED THE DOOR

AND WALKED RIGHT IN.

I'LL BET THEY NEVER

EVEN MISSED ME.

I BET I SHAN'T EITHER.

SUPPOSE YOU OPEN THE DOOR

AND WALK RIGHT OUT AGAIN?

BUT, BILL, I ONLY CAME BECAUSE

I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

THE LAST TIME:

YOU WORRIED ABOUT ME,

YOU NEARLY KILLED ME

WITH SLEEPING POWDERS.

NOW IT'S A BAYONET.

OH, BILL,

DON'T BE SILLY.

IT WAS THE ONLY THING

I COULD FIND IN HERE

TO CUT THE STRING

ON MY PARCEL.

OH. THE DEPARTMENT GAVE ME

THIS OFFICE TO FIGHT A WAR,

NOT FOR YOU TO USE AS

A PARCEL ROOM. COME ON.

OH, BUT, BILL, LOOK WHA I HAVE FOR YOU IN HERE.

OUT YOU GO. BUT, PLEASE. WAIT A MINUTE.

COME ON.

BUT, BILL, REALLY.

IT'S FOR YOU.

I GOT UP EARLY:

THIS MORNING:

AND GOT IT JUS FOR YOUR PROTECTION.

AND THE MAN:

I BOUGHT IF FROM

SAID YOU COULDN'T EVEN

FEEL IT WHEN YOU HAD IT ON.

WHY, YOU CAN WASH IT,

AND IT WON'T RUST.

IT'S THIN, AND WILL

STAND ALL KINDS OF ABUSE.

I'LL BITE. WHAT IS IT?

WHAT IS IT?

A BULLETPROOF VEST.

NO ONE ELSE WOULD

HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT.

NO ONE, DEAR.

NO ONE AT LIBERTY.

SLEEPING TABLETS,

BAYONETS,

BULLETPROOF VESTS,

HUH! WHAT A GAL.

COME ON.

UH-UH. NO, YOU DON'T.

I WON'T GO UNTIL YOU TELL

ME WHEN I CAN SEE YOU.

HMM. HOW ABOU DINNER TONIGHT, BILL?

I'VE GOT TO EAT.

I SUPPOSE IT MIGH AS WELL BE WITH YOU.

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