"So you've fallen in love with a girl? Entangled—"
"Chief!"
"Go after her, Phil! Got her bound and gagged, have they? Going to marry her to this Perona? Like the Middle Ages?"
I had never seen this side of Hanley.
"Get her if you want her. Get her out of there. Take her to Markes—No, I wouldn't trust anybody in Nareda! Take her into the uplands behind the village. But keep away from that mine! Have you got flash-fuses?"
"Yes."
I was within sight of Spawn's house. The street was dim and deserted. I was running again.
I panted. "I'm—almost at Spawn's!"
"Good! When it's over, whatever happens up there at the mine, then signal the patrol."
"Yes."