Part 2 (1/2)
The man chuckled and shook his head
”No,” he said ”Neither of you are, in fact The two of us just had orders to keep an eye on you both”
”'_Two_ of us'?” Dave echoed sharply ”You ent nodded
”That's right, Captain Dawson,” he said quietly, and esture toward the other side of the lobby ”My partner has been looking after you, while I tried to keep up with Captain Far roo with you, and my partner would have tackled Captain Fare But now--”
The FBI agent grinned and shrugged
”But now that the cat's out of the bag,” he said, ”suppose we stop playing cops and robbers and ht behind your seats for the hockey ga at your hotel Or would you rather be alone? Now don't be afraid that you'll hurt s I'll understand After all, a couple of fellows on leave have their rights, you know”
”Yeah, sure, of course,” Dawson mumbled absently, not quite sure if he was in the middle of a dream or not ”Sure, sure it's okay by Freddy andidea? Why should the FBI want to follow us around? I don't get it”
”To be perfectly frank, neither do I,” Agent Carter o ere given orders to coister at your hotel, and keep an eye on you two”
”But for what?” Freddy Faruard us from harm, or some such silly rot?”
”I wouldn't exactly call it silly rot, Captain,” the FBI ravely ”After all, you two are marked men, in a way I ence more than once since this Second World War started Not that personal revenge by eneents in this country is to be expected Yet, on the other hand, there's no sense in regarding it as iulped ”But that's just plain screwy
Why, I can name several dozen faet a et us Do you ot in a few pokes at the Axis has an FBI escort when he goes on leave?”
”Hardly,” Agent Carter said with a smile ”Let's say that you two happen to be special cases Why, you can search iven orders, and we have no idea what's behind theestion of a o out?”
”No,” Dawson replied ”I told you it was okay by us Besides, s”
”If he can, he won't,” Agent Carter said ”You can count on that, I'm afraid His naer fan He coo over”
Still not quite sure that he wasn't being ent Carter and Freddy Fara newspaper He put down his paper and sue feeling he had seen that thin face soent Carter ent Hickson had been the ht tickets for the hockey game As he shook hands and mumbled some pleasantry, Dave realized he had seen that thin face other places, too, during the day
”Did I give you as ent Hickson,” he asked, ”as Farent Carter?”
”No, Captain,” the other replied with a twinkle in his eye ”And don't ever go in for cri flat feet, it would be obvious!” Freddy Farmer chuckled, as the red clirowled and grinned at the sas on your conscience! So naturally I wouldn't even give it a thought that anybody was following ent Carter has told us? Which was absolutely nothing”
”I'm afraid I can't, Captain” Hickson smiled, and shook his head
”Carter and I are just a couple of slaves who do e're told and ask no questions”