Book 3, Burton Crane
Chapter 14“WAS OUR CHIEF ANY help, Mr. Murray?”
Crane was back in the British Embassy, taking tea with the young chargé d’affaires.
“No, I’m afraid our friend chickened out; left me holding the bag, as it were. I needed a word with a witness from the birrari m******e. The Sigurimi got there before me. I intervened just in time.”
“Mr. Murray, you have no jurisdiction here. These are volatile people.”
“They disbanded the Sigurimi, son. The government of Ramiz Alia
confirms it. They have no jurisdiction. Let’s just say that I tried to stop a domestic brawl. It is a field in which I have some experience.”
“You mean to tell me there was trouble?”
“My wife told me once to live each day as if it was my last. It’s called failure of communication. I haven’t helped with
