Chapter 2
INTRODUCTION
“Then Fort Laval is not as deserted as we thought,” Juin whispers softly.
“And I have a suspicion that time isn’t going to bore us here as much as we reckoned,” whispers Teuns Stegmann back.
“Now at least we have a mystery to unravel,” says Fritz, shifting his quid of tobacco to the other cheek.
Juin c***s his revolver once more, just to be absolutely sure.
“Are your rifles loaded and ready?” he asks the other two.
“Ready and loaded, mon Lieutenant,” Teuns answers for himself and Fritz.
Carefully, they creep closer again, cursing these heavy boots of theirs that creak so much. As they move, Juin says, “I’ll laugh myself silly if it’s just Pierre Rousseau sitting inside working. We’re stalking the place as if ten devils are hiding within.”
They are before the
