The Fighting Agents (Men at War 4)

And then he looked at Helmut von Heurten-Mitnitz, his eyebrows raised in question.

"Johann," von Heurten-Mitnitz said in German, "this is Major Canidy of the United States Army.

"Pharmacist."" Muller examined Canidy carefully, then did the same thing to Ferniany. He was subjected to the same kind of an examination by the Americans.

"And him?" Muller asked.

"Ferniany's my name," Ferniany said.

"Canidy's man on the scene, I gather," von Heurten-Mitnitz explained.

"Everybody speak slowly," Canidy said.

"My German is pretty weak."

"He was telling him who we are," Ferniany said.

"I got that," Canidy said.

"But go slow. I don't want to miss anything."

"Gott in Himmel!" Muller said, exasperated.

"They send someone in who doesn't even speak the language!"

"It was necessary," Canidy said.

"Why?"

"Eric Fulmar and Professor Dyer are in the Pecs city jail," Canidy said.

This produced the first hint of excitement in Muller.

"And Gisellahe demanded.

"Fraulein Dyer?"

"She's safe," Canidy said.

"Safe where?"

"Cairo," Canidy said.

"So what happened?" Muller demanded. He was back in control of his emotions, but there had been enough for Canidy to decide that there was more than a casual relationship between the SS-SD officer and Dyer's daughter.

"The barge was boarded by the River Police and the Black Guard," Ferniany said.

"They found a lot of money on Fulmar and decided he was a black marketeer.

They helped themselves to the money and arranged for them to get ninety days in the coal mines."

"It's only a matter of time until somebody finds out who they are," Muller said.

"I had a teletype yesterday--addressed to me personally, not to the senior SS-SD officer--from Von Hymme, Hummer's adjutant, telling me to personally make sure that 'the investigation was being pursued with all diligence."" "They think they're here?"

"From the time they found the Gestapo agent's body, they really closed down the borders of Germany to the occupied countries and to the neutrals.

Himmler's mouth ran away with him again, and he said he could personally state that nobody got out that way. That leaves only here."