Chapter 109: Why is it not good to ride a horse
Compared with the diurnal cycle in the Polar Circle, which is only an hour away from Greenwich Mean Time, it is normal for people to come out and set, and it is adapted to people's traditional senses. Before 7 o'clock in the morning, Lynn took the newlywed Yan'er's wife Dinah out of the courtyard where she lived. Standing on this hillside, you can look out over the beautiful Lake Neva, and both of them are deeply attracted by this fairyland-like scenery.
"Let's go! I'll take you to a better place! ”
Baron Pat, who had combed his back early in the morning, stood by the open door and drove a silver-gray Maserati himself. In the 40s of the 20th century, this luxury sedan of the Italian brand was gradually becoming a representative of exclusive quality and sportsmanship, with a top speed as good as its price. Thinking of the huge amount of investment in intelligence every year during the heyday of the Third Reich, Lynn couldn't help but be a little stunned - does this guy really don't know how to avoid suspicion or does he think it's not necessary at all?
"As a personal suggestion, it's best for ladies to sit in the front and fully enjoy the scenery along the way."
Without drinking, Baron Pat's speech was indeed as neat and atmospheric as his appearance. With such a kind invitation, Dinah consulted her husband with her eyes before taking the passenger seat.
The courtesy of the old spy could be seen as the instinct of a man, and Lynn embraced the limited challenge with his own heart, and he sat silently in the back seat, while Wolfrum, who was in charge of the personal guard, had to sit with him.
Compared to Mercedes and other luxury sedans Lynn dare not say, but this seat is naturally much more comfortable than the VW82 military barrel car.
After a smooth start, the Maserati drove briskly along the winding roads of the suburb of Neva, and although the late autumn morning was already chilly, it was still pleasant to look at the picturesque scenery and the gentle breeze blowing on the roadside. In the first half of his battlefield career, Lynn adapted to steel helmets, "peas" and cold and reliable firearms, deliberately suppressed his surname in the United States for nearly two months, and finally returned to the base and put on a straight general's uniform, and now this completely civilian suit and coat, the change of roles made him a little uncomfortable, and he always felt that he was wearing a military hat and uniform, enjoying everything here with a victorious attitude.
Less than five kilometers away, the car arrives at a two-storey spire house on the shore of the lake, and its most striking feature is the large floor-to-ceiling glass windows on three sides of the lake, and you can see the elegant and natural furnishings inside before you even enter the door.
In order to get out of the car and open the door before Lynn and them, Baron Pat pulled the car firmly and made a gesture that was completely unsuitable for a man of his age - his hands and waist and abdomen at the same time, he jumped out of the driving position with his hands and waist at the same time, and he also made a short sprint in a white suit and pointed shoes, and when Lynn and Wolfrum had just pushed the door, they had already come to Dinah's side, politely opened the door for the lady, bowed thirty degrees and stretched out his right arm.
Lynn looked at the old man who could toss, and then at Dinah, who had no choice, and smiled and shrugged.
Dinah had no choice but to gently put her arm around Baron Pat's right arm, and she was wearing a pair of medium-heeled leather shoes of 5 centimeters, which were two or three centimeters taller than the old spy.
When he entered, the waiter, dressed as a maid, said in German with a smile on his face: "Here you are, Mr. Shawford!" Good morning! It's all your friends, and the best location is for you! ”
In Switzerland, about 70% of the population speaks German, which also provides a good cover for the work of German spies. "Shawford" is obviously the pseudonym of Baron Pat when he appeared outside, and seeing that this restaurant is full of petty bourgeoisie, I think that this old guy has come here with a new girl to see, have breakfast, enhance the relationship in an amiable and natural atmosphere, and then something romantic will happen.
The Count took Dinah by his arms and walked straight to the east center of the first floor, where he sat and saw the lake as clear as a blue jewel, and the rising sun just showing a corner of the mountain.
"What a beautiful view!" Dinah covered her lips with her hands and exclaimed gracefully.
"How is it compared to Copenhagen?" Baron Pat smiled and pulled out the chair for the lady, apparently having memorized a few words about Dinah at last night's reception.
Turning her head to see her husband sitting next to her, Dinah smiled, and then answered Baron Pat's question: "Hmm...... There are two very different landscapes, the beauty of the lake and the mountains, and the grandeur of the sea in Copenhagen. ”
After taking his seat at Wolfrum, Baron Pat sat down opposite Dinah, his old face seemed to be radiant from the secretion of androgens, and he beckoned to the waiter: "Give our most beautiful lady in the room a breakfast of milk and strawberries!" ”
Before Dinah could ask questions, the old spy quickly turned his head and said to her with a smile, "It's not easy to find strawberries elsewhere this season. ”
"You're so considerate!" Dinah politely complimented.
The baron was so pleased with this compliment that he almost danced. Instead of ignoring the two guests, he said to the waiter, "You can bring two fresh orange breakfasts to our young and handsome gentlemen, I am still the same." ”
When the waitress had gone, Baron Pat praised him without hesitation: "All the food here comes from their own farms, the milk is milked half an hour ago, the eggs are perhaps warm before they are cracked, and all the fruit is picked that day." ”
These fresh and rich delicacies are naturally very lacking in the "Shelter" base, but Lynn's interest is not here, he turned his head to look around, and made sure that the conversation environment here is relatively safe, and then said in a low voice: "Your Excellency's arrangement is really thoughtful, it makes us feel like we are back to our motherland, but unfortunately, our land is still under the enemy's leather boots, and our people are still worried about food, which makes it really difficult for me to sit here in peace and enjoy the scenery and food." ”
This terrible remark suddenly changed the atmosphere at the table, and Baron Pat put away his smile and said with the sense of responsibility that a man should have: "Although life in Switzerland is peaceful and comfortable, there is not a day when I do not miss my homeland. Now that the motherland has issued a call, as long as I can do it, even if it is a dangerous task that will kill me, I will not hesitate to do it. ”
This is easier said than done, and Lynn did not intend to let these overseas intelligence officers whose positions were not yet clear take on the earth-shattering responsibility of the raid on the Los Amos atomic bomb test site, and he led the topic to the right path: "Your Excellency's spirit is admired by our juniors!" Our first goal right now is to find a well-known Swiss company to work with, such as Kennet! ”
Prior to this, Andriy had mainly contacted the intelligence officers stationed in Switzerland to prepare for the personnel response. Intelligence chiefs like Berning, Baron Pat, revealed some. The waitress happened to bring milk, orange juice and coffee, and Baron Pat was less attentive to Dinah, and instead of adding sugar to the coffee, he just picked up a spoon and stirred it gently.
"Kennet is a tricky target, and we suspect it has some sort of secret connection to the British, but that's what you're looking for...... It's another story! ”
Lynn shook his head, if he wanted to get the right to dismantle and dispose of the "Tirpitz", the Swiss company Kennet, which is mainly engaged in chocolate confectionery, was obviously not a particularly ideal target, if it was really as Baron Pat said, it had a secret connection with the British, and it might even be used by the British to hide intelligence agents, then taking the initiative to contact its high-level was tantamount to self-defeat. Since I have the opportunity to come to Switzerland in person this time, I can carefully and carefully select a reliable Swiss company that meets the main conditions for cooperation, but I cannot search around aimlessly, so as not to attract the attention of Swiss officials or other foreign agents.
"Enterprises in heavy industry...... There aren't many in Switzerland! ”
Baron Pat replied as he thought about it, "Well, they don't like heavy industry very much, polluting the air, but it's not completely absent, perhaps...... I can introduce you to one or two entrepreneurs I know well. ”
"It's best if you have a scrap steel recycling business." Lynn added.
Hearing this, Baron Pat shook his head again and again: "The Swiss are only interested in precision instruments, clocks, engines, machine guns, etc., and they are probably not interested in scrap steel." You see, Switzerland is a purely landlocked country, with tens of thousands of tons of goods at every turn, and it is a big cost to transport them by rail! ”
Lynn smiled: "If it weren't for that, wouldn't I be willing to cooperate with a Swiss company!" ”
Baron Pat looked at him in amazement, evidently puzzled by this contrarian view.
After a while, the waiter brought the meal, and Dinah was given a pink cake decorated with half a strawberry, which looked cute and delicious; Lynn and Wolfrum were served omelettes, toast and some colourful refreshments, which were made with a seemingly ordinary ingredient that was very chic when carefully crafted. As for Baron Pat, in addition to the omelette, bread, there are also whole pieces of bacon and large pieces of butter, Lian Po is old but still has a good appetite, and the amount of exercise for various activities at the end of the day must be considerable.
"Do you have any special arrangements for today, Chief Gargo?" Pat asked suddenly.
These words were obviously not ordinary greetings, and Lynn asked directly, "What do you suggest?" ”
Pat turned his head to look across the lake and said, "There is a private horse farm in the north of the city, and its owner is called Smifant, a gregarious banker and philanthropist, who is particularly keen on raising horses. I can meet more than half of the rich people in Neva there, including the big bankers and big entrepreneurs, I think...... Instead of asking and touching one by one, you should try your luck there, and you may soon be able to find a suitable partner to work with. ”
It sounded like a good idea, but the thought of horses made Lynn's head grow. When he withdrew from the United States to Mexico, he chose a black mule because of his poor riding skills, and finally returned to the base, let alone go to the mule and horse to abuse himself. Now if you want to go to the racecourse to socialize by yourself, isn't that a laughing stock for others?
"Oh, it's been a long time since I've ridden a horse!" Dinah interjected suddenly.
Baron Pat did not hesitate to compliment: "Madame's equestrian skills must be very good!" Although I am in the obscure kind of Neiva, I happen to have some friendship with Mr. Smivante, and I can come and go freely in and out of the racecourse, and it should be no problem to bring a few friends with me. ”
Lynn thought about it resentfully, and replied, "Go and go!" The weather was so nice that we enjoyed a horseback ride, but we had to go back to our accommodation for breakfast and make an appointment with the others for a meeting in the morning. ”
It seemed like a great thing to be able to ride a horse with the beautiful Madame Gargo, and Baron Pat threw the weight out of the clouds, and said happily: "No problem, it is less than thirty kilometers to drive back and forth, very fast!" ”
In this case, Lynn also resigned himself to his fate, he looked up at Dinah, the newlywed wife did not know that she had such a miserable experience in horseback riding, she obviously only regarded horseback riding as relaxation, in the "shelter" base, cattle and horses such livestock are basically invisible, let alone galloping on the green grass.
An hour and twenty minutes later, Lynn, dressed in his rider's suit, stared blankly at the horse in front of him.
A good horse is indeed a good horse, the mane is shiny, this strong body, this vigorous horse legs, must be very energetic to run, but can you control it?
As Lynn "confronted" the brown steed up close, Dinah called his name from behind. Lynn turned her head to look, obedient, she is really beautiful in everything, the black tuxedo top perfectly sets off her well-proportioned and beautiful shoulders and slender and slender arms, a pair of round and delicate "Jade Rabbit" just right up the front of the clothes, white leggings with black boots, outlining the straight and compact leg curve, because of the rider's hat and helmet and long hair tied up, the handsome face shows the charm of youth.
"It's so heroic!" Lynn was full of praise, though she might not have been able to understand the Oriental idiom she had translated into German.
"You're a good horse! Let's race? Dinah sat on the back of a pure white steed with a gentle and charming smile.
Unfortunately, being poked in the underbelly, Lynn embarrassedly disguised, "Uh...... You ride first! I haven't ridden in a long time, so I've got used to it! ”
Dinah, who has always been simple and kind-hearted, obviously didn't see through Lynn's acting skills, and she encouraged her husband, "It's okay, I haven't ridden a horse in months!" It quickly becomes familiar with them, and their horses here look well-trained, so don't worry! ”
"Alright then!" Lynn tightened the reins, stepped on the stirrups, and thought about the few essentials he had gained from receiving temporary training from his companions in the Indian village, and climbed on the horse's back tremblingly, and before Dinah could comment on this strange gesture, Baron Pat appeared on a pure black horse, and he rode over with a wicked smile, and raised his whip and whipped Dinah's horse on the buttocks, and the horses were startled and screamed, and they all ran out.
Shrugging shoulders is not common in traditional Germans, but Baron Pat made the right gesture towards Lynn and rode after Dinah. It was only at this time that Lynn finally understood why this guy would invite them to ride horses so kindly, which turned out to be his usual method of picking up girls. But Dinah is already her legal wife, and besides, a slightly more normal thinking female surname is impossible to leave behind a young officer who is brave and invincible and promising to choose a wrinkled-skinned bad old man!
And let you be proud first, Lynn sourly watched Baron Pat ride away, but he was still playing balance on the horseback. After tossing and turning like this for more than ten minutes, he moved in place for dozens of meters, and then he was already out of breath and overwhelmed, so he hurriedly climbed down the horse's back, led the horse to the shade of the tree, squinted into the distance, and tried to find Dinah from the shadows of those shaking centaurs.
"Chew ......"
Suddenly, I heard the sound of a horse nearby, and then there was a light breeze with a fishy smell, which was faintly mixed with the smell of men's perfume. Lynn tilted his head sideways and saw a rider about her age leaping off the horse gracefully, and that light and agile posture made Lynn very envious.
Although they didn't know each other, when it came to such a high-level occasion, Lynn deliberately made herself more active in communicating, so she greeted politely: "Your horse is so well ridden!" ”
This is a young man with hair up to the pinna, thick eyebrows, big eyes, high nose bridge, but his lips are as small as a woman's, so he looks a little "demon", he looked at Lynn and smiled kindly: "Uh-huh! Loved to ride horses since childhood, you ...... How can you rest here alone? ”
Listening to this tone, especially the last sentence of the accent, Lynn guessed that he had seen himself bring an extraordinary-looking female companion before. It seems that the attraction of beautiful women to eyeballs is really extraordinary.
"My horse is terrible!" Lynn sighed honestly.
In some communication situations, lowering the posture is often the special key to let the other party open the conversation. Hearing Lynn say this, the young rider continued to smile brightly: "Then you should really practice hard, I think your lady is riding very well!" ”
"How do you know she's my lady?" Lynn asked rhetorically.
The same beautiful man, this rider is obviously more of a rich boy than Tanze and Titchmel, he stretched out his right hand and looked Lynn up and down with his eyes: "It's only you...... A man who has a very good figure, appearance and temperament is worthy of such a wonderful, youthful and beautiful lady. Am I guessing wrong? ”
Complimenting himself and praising Dinah's beauty at the same time, and sounding like he had no reason to be angry at all, Lynn couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart, this is really not a slick world, but eloquence, a good eloquence based on good family birth and knowledge.
Lynn smiled and stretched out her right hand, "My name is Godot. Knatsky, from Norway, was engaged in the metal trade. ”
The young rider immediately said something in Norwegian: "Ah...... Norway, Norwegians! Hello! ”
Aside from "hello", Lynn barely speaks Norwegian, and the flaws in his identity design almost put him in an extremely embarrassing situation, but the other party can obviously only say that.
"My name is Sigfred. Feng. Piffil, born native, my father was a German nobleman, but for well-known reasons he came to Switzerland in the twenties to do business and then married my mother. The young rider introduced himself in pure German.
(To be continued)