The Empire Of Night: A Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller - Plot & Excerpts
The House of Krupp was what Lord Kitchener and the Brits desperately needed, a homegrown industrialist producing more artillery shells than the rest of the world combined.Jeremy squared himself to the box, crouched, put his arms around it, and lifted.Only six or eight inches.He put the box down again.He nodded at me to do the same.I did.The box went up very heavy, but it didn’t feel like a three-drawer cabinet full of files. Not nearly heavy enough. And the distribution of the weight didn’t feel right. And, of course, there was the matter of its destination.I put the box down.I said, “So either Sir Albert is getting Krupp into the milk can business or Krupp is getting Sir Al into the artillery business.”We took a step back.Then Jeremy had a thought. He crossed to the box before me, crouched, and lifted that one as well.He put it down, nodding, and stepped back. “The same weight.”“A couple of shells,” I said.“Likely,” Jeremy said. “Empty ones.”“Then they’re a special design.
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