It took her some minutes to control herself, and it wasn’t until we were shooting up Monte Verde Avenue that she told me.
The money is to be left on the roof of a shed standing before the old shaft. I don’t know if you know it?’
‘I know it. What else?’
‘Each parcel is to be placed at least a foot apart and in a row. After we have placed the parcels we must leave immediately.’
‘That the lot?’
She gave a little shiver.
‘Except for the usual threats about setting a trap.’
They didn’t bring your husband to the ‘phone?’
‘No. Why should they?’
‘Sometimes they do.’