Chapter ThirtyAfter Ali’s near celebrity status at Mrs Scott’s cottage, when he had met the Captain and so many other people, he was taken to an Army camp where, the day following, he was gently questioned. The truth was Ali knew little. He had been a kind of dog’s body and a dedicated and unquestioning believer who always did as he was told. Clearly that was why he’d been included: as a useful foot soldier to relieve the others of the menial work. However, the SAS Major was taking no chances. Would Ali revert to type? This was a consideration that made him order a close monitoring of the youth’s behaviour. He was not to be held a prisoner but would be placed under a sort of house arrest, so that he could be protected from his former friends and allies. Not that the inmates of the semi cou
