Accept my safe-conduct and come witness or there that car sits until the Russians come, while we live in luxury in this palace. But you insist on making it impossible to apply it. I conceded the legality of the right of angary. Attempt to force it open and no one will ever drive it. You can’t open the doors of our car, much less drive it. But you must not approach that requisitioned flyer. If not, in any quarters you choose in territory I control. You all may stay together-living in the Princess Suite if you so choose. I slipped in speaking of parole you are not prisoners. “All of you are safe here…until the Russians conquer us. Safe-conduct amounting to diplomatic immunity, all of us free to leave at any time, we four never to be separated involuntarily.

He has broken all three essential guarantees to all four of us.

See how many ways this fake ‘officer and gentleman’ has broken his word-and the written guarantees of his sovereign. Captain, this might be a good time to read aloud our safe-conduct from the Governor General. “Any of you who will not give parole must wait up here.” He has three of the deadliest killers in two universes quite annoyed. So it must be either you or Hird-Jones…and Hird-Jones would never live to get out of our car. Anyone who has not ridden with us would not know how to watch for sabotage. “I won’t grant safe-conduct to anyone else. Will you have it in writing?”īertie shook his head. My stepdaughter can certainly kill you or anyone her size or a bit more than her size, with her bare hands. But my jewelry is in our craft and many other things I must have a witness. If the Brigadier can drive it, it will be turned over to him in perfect shape. I insist on a witness so that you will know that we have done nothing to damage the craft. Bertie, under right of angary we are entitled to remove our chattels. Two cowards, with their chests covered with ribbons boasting about their brave deeds.” Are you going to hide behind your Commission and your self-serving laws?” I dusted my hands together. “Governor, I can whip you-I can kill you, with my bare hands.

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