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26 The getaway
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26 The getaway
In about an hour’s time Philip heard the sound of footsteps and then the bolts of the door were shotback. Juan’s revolver appeared round the opening door again. But this time there was no Kiki totalk to him – nobody to be seen or heard except the silent company of statues.
Juan came down into the cave. Other men followed him. Philip watched them through a fold ofthe shawl. He hoped they wouldn’t start stripping the jewels off the statues at once, or they mightdiscover him.
The men exclaimed in wonder at the statues. They had powerful torches with them which theyswitched on at once. Philip was not prepared for that. He shrank back into his corner, glad of thedraping shawl.
The men were a rough-looking lot, and they called out to one another in surprise as they saw thegleaming jewels on the necks and arms of the statues. Some of them grabbed brooches andnecklaces at once. Juan gave a sharp order and the men replaced them sulkily.
Philip counted the men. There were eight. Otto was not among them, but that was notsurprising. Juan, Pepi and Luis were there. There were two men for each aeroplane, apparently1.
Juan led the way to the next cave, through the tunnel. Their footsteps echoed hollowly as theypassed through. Philip wondered if they would all go on to the next cave – and the next. If so, hecould slip out of the open door straight away, and make his way down the hillside at once.
He listened. He could hear the men’s voices from the next cave, where the pictures were. Thenfootsteps again, farther away. Then only a faint murmur2 of voices.
‘They’ve gone to the cave of books – and then they’ll go to the cave where the gold is,’ thoughtPhilip. ‘I’ve plenty of time to get through the door and away.’
He dropped his shawl on the floor and went quietly to the door. He was through it in a trice. Upthe winding3 steps he went, off to the cave of stars – then to the cave of gleaming stalactites. Hebegan to feel safer. He didn’t think there would be anyone on guard outside the hole, but he meantto be careful there.
There was nobody on guard. The hillside was empty. Philip climbed out of the hole and beganto make his way downwards4. Soon he was well on his way, keeping a sharp look-out the wholetime just in case all the men had not gone down into the caves.
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