John Masters
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He said softly, "You want a base for the reconquest? A Spanish base? How would Gibraltar serve?"
The cardinal swayed in the stillness. Dolores stepped quickly to his side. "You are offering ... to return to Spain?" he stammered.
Hillel Conquy said, "No. I am thinking of offering Spain the chance to return to us.... If we were to declare Gibraltar a part of Spain, ours would be the only legitimate, freely elected government in the country. Yes?"
The admiral said slowly, "Yes. I suppose so."
The Chief Minister went on, still tentatively, as though searching for words in a puzzle picture. "We could declare leased to Great Britain, for say ninety-nine years, all land she now holds here."
The admiral said, "Wait a minute...."
"So an attack by the Revolutionary Council on us would become an attack on Great Britain. That should hold them a few days—long enough for the Count to start military operations.... We could proclaim that we will accept into our government those parties, those provinces—and only those—which adopt and guarantee to their people full free democratic process...."
The cardinal said in Spanish, "Senor Conquy, if you will take the Count as your right hand, as the leader of the armed struggle, he and all Spain will accept you as Chancellor."
"Until there can be free elections," Hillel said.
The admiral cried, "Chief Minister, we must talk privately before..."
"Religious freedom for all Spaniards. Public and full," the Chief Minister said.
"I promise it."
The Chief Minister said, "The promises of your Church sometimes do not hold their value very long, cardinal. We remember some made in Granada in 1492."
The cardinal said, "For the Holy Pontiff, I cannot answer. For the Church in Spain, I can and do."
The admiral said, "On behalf of Her Majesty's Government, I must..."
The cardinal said, "Your thought is beyond words noble, Senor Conquy ... as noble as this Rock which gave it and you, birth."
The Chief Minister glanced at his watch. "We must run.... I will order an armed police launch out to stop the Algiers boat as it rounds Europa Point. Miss O'Brien, get word to Washington as soon as you can. A strong hands-off note to Moscow would be a help. Shalom!"
He turned and ran down the steep slope, his coattails flapping. The admiral began to run after him, stumbled, and slowed to a walk. At the beach the Chief Minister stopped, turned, and shouted up through cupped hands, "Stay hidden unless you need help. There'll be a security guard on watch above until your boat comes. He'll bring you food and something to sit on. Young fellow called Tamlyn. You can trust him."
With a wave he was gone, the admiral twenty yards behind. The cardinal, raising his hand in blessing, found he was holding up the scarab brooch he had discovered in the floor of the cave.
"Take this, child," he said to Dolores. "Keep it." He raised his hand again in blessing on the empty sand, the short beach, and the Rock.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
The seaside cave mentioned in Book One is Gorham's; the one called Eagle's Nest in Book Three is Martin's; Rachel's Secret and the Hermit's (Book Four) are Genista Two and Glen Rocky Distillery, respectively. Lost Lamb (Book Seven) is Pete's Paradise, which must have silted up again before its recent rediscovery. The Great Cave, or similar wording, is always Old St. Michael's.
J.M.
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Table of Contents
BOOK ONE
BOOK TWO
BOOK FOUR
BOOK FIVE
BOOK SIX
BOOK SEVEN
BOOK EIGHT
BOOK NINE
BOOK TEN
BOOK ELEVEN
BOOK TWELVE
BOOK THIRTEEN