The building had been sealed off by uniformed officers, who had created a taped cordon to keep back the excited crowd, local people having gathered as word spread about the discovery of the arms cache. Also there were television crews and other reporters. ‘Quite a circus,’ said Harris, glancing into the back seat where Barry Gough was sitting next to Standish. ‘What on earth were you thinking?’‘It seemed a good idea at the time,’ said Gough gloomily. ‘Besides, I needed the money.’‘I assume the war protesting was a cover?’‘Not as such, no. I went on a couple of protest marches when I was a student.’‘Yet you ended up in the army.’‘Only because there were no jobs. Definitely not because I believed in what they were doing. And before you say it, what we do here does not glorify war. Look, I know you were a soldier, Harris, but even you must realize that what we are doing in Afghanistan is absolutely appalling and it is absolutely correct that we—’‘Skip the party political, son.
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