WORRALS GOES EAST
by Captain W. E. Johns
III. POST
MORTEM (Pages
33 – 44)
It only takes Nimrud half an hour to return
with the report and the clothes and Worrals examines
them thoroughly. The main tank of the plane
held fifty gallons of fuel and it only had three gallons in when found
intact. Worrals
is able to calculate how far it had flown and how far it was going. Looking at the clothes, the undergarments are
European although the outer garments are Arab. There is a stain like candle grease on the
Arab abba. The stitching is unusual as well. Worrals remembers a
Hungarian girl at school called Loti Fischer who used to stitch that way. The garments also smell of a scent called ladanum. The girl
was also wearing an unusual necklace with an amulet which Worrals
decides to wear herself. Worrals suddenly catches sight of a French officer on her
balcony looking in. The person is very
slim and effeminate. Confronted, the
officer makes his apologies and continues walking around the balcony, which is
a continuous one. Frecks
put her chewing gum over the balcony doors to see if they are opened when they
are out. Worrals
says they haven’t been very clever. They
were followed from Intelligence HQ by the hook nosed
Arab who appeared to be a beggar. Worrals has seen him out of the front window of their
hotel. They decide to go out and get
some fresh air.