Chapter Three
For the debriefing of their agent, Oxley and Krylov took Gorilla to the suite next to Sobolev's. A KGB bodyguard was stationed outside the door to ensure they were not disturbed.
The security teams had been ordered to stand down and return to their posts and to keep the subterfuge in place. A message had also been passed to the CIA and DGSE teams in the other parts of the castle that a minor security breach had taken place in the Russian wing; a small-time thief had been caught and even now was being turned over to the local authorities. Oxley and Krylov thought that would be enough, hoped at least, but only time would tell. Whatever the Americans and the French thought of the tale, the most important thing was that the meeting was still due to take place first thing in the
