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Chapter 81

           «Ithoughtyousaidthepilotagreedtocometotheterminal!»

           Edwardswasbewildered.«Hedid!»

           Secondslater,Edwardsfoundhimselfwedgedinapolicecarracingacrossthetarmactowardthedistanthangar.TheconvoyofpolicewasstillagoodfivehundredyardsawayasTeabing’sHawkertaxiedcalmlyintotheprivatehangaranddisappeared.Whenthecarsfinallyarrivedandskiddedtoastopoutsidethegapinghangardoor,thepolicepouredout,gunsdrawn.Edwardsjumpedouttoo.

           Thenoisewasdeafening.

           TheHawker’sengineswerestillroaringasthejetfinisheditsusualrotationinsidethehangar,positioningitselfnose-outinpreparationforlaterdeparture.Astheplanecompletedits180-degreeturnandrolledtowardthefrontofthehangar,Edwardscouldseethepilot’sface,whichunderstandablylookedsurprisedandfearfultoseethebarricadeofpolicecars.

           Thepilotbroughttheplanetoafinalstop,andpowereddowntheengines.Thepolicestreamedin,takinguppositionsaroundthejet.EdwardsjoinedtheKentchiefinspector,whomovedwarilytowardthehatch.Afterseveralseconds,thefuselagedoorpoppedopen.

           LeighTeabingappearedinthedoorwayastheplane’selectronicstairssmoothlydroppeddown.Ashegazedoutattheseaofweaponsaimedathim,heproppedhimselfonhiscrutchesandscratchedhishead.«Simon,didIwinthepolicemen’slotterywhileIwasaway?»Hesoundedmorebewilderedthanconcerned.

           SimonEdwardssteppedforward,swallowingthefroginhisthroat.«Goodmorning,sir.Iapologizefortheconfusion.

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