The instructor said his name was Taylor. Major Harvey Taylor, late of the Ghurkha Rifles, was a portly, middle-aged and bespectacled man, with a dry wit and an air of sadness about him. He seemed almost Pickwickian and had the look of a schoolteacher who belonged in some prep school. But during the War, Major Harvey Taylor was reputed to have been one of the most accomplished gunmen that the Allies had. Dropped behind enemy lines to assassinate Nazis at close quarters, Major Taylor was one of the most renowned experts at close quarter killing with a firearm. After the War, he had been recruited by SIS to help train future recruits in the art of silent killing and close quarter battle.
Grant and the students looked on in amusement while the Major walked up and down, delivering his opening
