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CHAPTER ONE

Journey to Istanbul

It is early morning on a sunny spring day in April.

Heathrow Airport, London, is usy, as usual. Hundreds o!

people are arri"ing, lea"ing, or waiting !or planes.

In the #eparture Lounge o! Terminal One, a man is

sitting reading a newspaper. He does not li$e airports. Thereare too many people, and he is always ner"ous when he

!lies. He loo$s at his wat%h impatiently. Then he hears the

announ%ement o"er the loudspea$ers.

&'ritish Airways announ%e the departure o! (light

'E)*+ !or Istanul. ill passengers please pro%eed to -ate/ !or oarding.&

Tom 0mith pi%$s up his suit%ase and wal$s towards

-ate /.

Twenty minutes later, the plane is preparing to lea"e. Itmo"es slowly a%ross the airport to runway numer two. Tom

is sitting loo$ing out o! the window.

The plane suddenly mo"es !orward, ra%es down the

runway and rises into the air. Tom loo$s down at the houses

and roads !ar elow, and smiles. London is ehind him. Nowhe is on his way to Istanul.


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Tom sat !or a moment, loo$ing at his !ian%ee&s letter.

Then he put it in his po%$et. He loo$ed down at the green

!ields o! (ran%e, as the plane %ontinued its 6ourney a%ross

Europe.

&Ha"e you een to Istanul e!ore7& said a "oi%e. It was

the young man in the ne1t seat.

&No, I ha"en&t,& said Tom. &Ha"e you7&

The man smiled.

&8y home is in Istanul. I&m studying in London at the

moment. I&m going home !or a holiday.&

&Really7& said Tom. &here are you studying7&

&At London 9ni"ersity.&

The two men sat tal$ing, as the stewardesses egan

ser"ing lun%h. The young man told Tom his name was

4emal. His parents had a shop in Istanul.

&Are you meeting someone in Istanul7& 4emal as$ed.

&8y !ian%ee,& said Tom. &0he&s wor$ing in Istanul.&

&That&s interesting. How long has she een there7&

0he went to Istanul two months ago. 0he wor$s !or asmall %ompany whi%h is starting to e1port to England. 0he&s

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&E1porting always seems so di!!i%ult,& said 4emal. &It

seems di!!i%ult,& Tom agreed. &'ut that&s Angela&s 6o. 0he&s

an e1pert in importing and e1porting. Her !ather has an

import:e1port agen%y in London and she has wor$ed !or him

!or some years. 0he&s almost %ompleted her wor$ in Istanulnow. The %ompany has already started to send goods to

England. 0he&ll e %oming a%$ to London soon.&

&hat $ind o! goods do they e1port7& as$ed 4emal. &All

$ind o! things 2 rass ornaments, %o!!ee2pots, trays leather

and ony1 arti%les 2 Angela&s !ather thin$s these goods willsell "ery well in England.&

&That&s interesting,& said 4emal. &8y parents sell things

li$e that in their shop in Istanul.&

The two men went on tal$ing as the plane !lew o"erItaly and -ree%e towards Tur$ey. 0oon they were

des%ending to ;esil$oy Airport, Istanul.

hen the plane stopped, 4emal stood up. &I hope you

en6oy your stay in Istanul,& he said. &Here&s my telephone

numer. I! you need anything, phone me. I li"e in 0isli. It&snot !ar !rom the %entre o! the %ity.&

&Than$s, 4emal, that&s "ery $ind o! you.&

&Not at all,& replied 4emal. &Ni%e to meet you. And now,

goodye.&


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Tom went through Customs and Immigration and

wal$ed towards the airport e1it.


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CHAPTER TO

The American Bar

A us !or the City Air Terminal was waiting outside the

airport. Tom got in and sat down eside the window. Other

passengers got on and the us le!t the airport and dro"e

towards Istanul.

0oon they were dri"ing past the houses and apartmentlo%$s near the %ity. Then they passed the old %ity walls.

Tom !elt e1%ited, and loo$ed at e"erything. He saw eauti!ul

old mos


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passengers were loo$ing at Tom and he suddenly !elt

!oolish. He wal$ed a%$ to his seat and sat down.

hat a surprise, he thought to himsel!. I must tell her

when I see her this e"ening.

Then the us %rossed Atatur$ 'ridge and Tom loo$ed

at the oats on the -olden Horn. Again he !elt e1%ited.

The us arri"ed at the Air Terminal at a


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ships. In the distan%e, he %ould see the mos


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&No, ring me a la%$ %o!!ee, please. Ha"e you a

telephone7&

&;es, sir, inside.&

Tom went into the hotel. There was a telephone eside

the re%eption. Tom dialled Angela&s numer. The phone rang

and rang, ut noody answered it. He put the phone down

and turned towards the re%eption des$.

&E1%use me,& he as$ed the re%eptionist, &4amerot 0o$a$

2 do you $now where it is7&

&;es, it&s "ery near. -o out o! the hotel entran%e and

turn right. al$ along the street 2 and 4amerot 0o$a$ is

!ourth on the right.&

&Than$ you,& said Tom.

Tom went a%$ to the ar. He dran$ his %o!!ee and paid

!or his drin$s. It was now a!ter eight o&%lo%$. Tom pi%$ed up

his suit%ase and le!t the hotel.

Inside the ar, the man in the grey rain%oat stood upand pi%$ed up his newspaper. He put some money on the

tale and wal$ed out into the street. He stood on the

pa"ement !or a moment or two, then started wal$ing.


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CHAPTER THREE

A Shock

4amerot 0o$a$ was a narrow,


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pi%$ed up his suit%ase. ith a last loo$ at the uilding, he

turned and started wal$ing a%$ towards Ta$sim 0


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dinner in a ni%e restaurant. He was not sitting with the

woman he lo"ed. He was sitting alone, in a %heap hotel, in a

strange %ity.

(or a long time he sat on the ed thin$ing, 'ut I sawAngela. I saw her !rom the us=

(inally he stood up.

O4, he thought. Tomorrow morning I&ll go to Angela&s

o!!i%e and !ind out what has happened. There&s a "ery simple

e1planation, I&m sure. I&ll !ind out tomorrow.

He had a hot ath and got into ed. He was "ery tired

a!ter his long 6ourney and soon !ell asleep.

The man in the grey rain%oat wal$ed a%ross Ta$sim

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ad news !or you. I&m "ery sorry indeed, ut 8iss Thomson,

your !ian%ee 2 is 2 is dead.&


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CHAPTER (O9R

'I Saw Her'

#rin$ this, 8r 0mith,& said 8r #iinya. He handed Tom

a glass o! strong randy. Tom sat, sho%$ed, white2!a%ed,

unale to spea$. He dran$ the randy slowly.

&How 2 how did it happen7& he as$ed.

&A %ar a%%ident. 8iss Thomson was dri"ing along a

dangerous road. No one $nows what happened. Her %ar went

o!! the road and !ell down the hillside.&

&;esterday e"ening7& Tom as$ed.

&I eg your pardon7&

&The a%%ident 2 it happened yesterday e"ening7&

#iinya loo$ed at him.

&8r 0mith, the a%%ident happened a wee$ ago 2 last

0unday to e e1a%t. 0he had een away to 'ursa !or the

wee$end and...&

&'ut that&s impossile=& said Tom. &I saw Angela

yesterday=&

&;esterday7&


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&;es. I was on the airport us, %oming into Istanul. I

saw her in the street.&

&I&m terrily sorry, 8r 0mith, ut you&re ma$ing a

mista$e.&

&No, I tell you I saw her. I...&

&8r 0mith,& #iinya said patiently, &Istanul is a ig %ity.

There must e hundreds o! women here who loo$ li$e your

!ian%ee.&

Tom said nothing.

&The 'ritish Consulate were "ery help!ul,& %ontinued

8r #iinya. &They made all the arrangements !or the !uneral.

It was on ednesday.&

&Ha"e her parents een told aout this7& Tom as$ed.

&That is a prolem, I&m a!raid. Her parents are on

holiday in (ran%e. The 'ritish and (ren%h poli%e are trying

to %onta%t them.&

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Tom stood up.

&I must go now,& he said. &Than$ you, you&"e een most

$ind.&

8r #iinya wal$ed with him to the door. &ell, 8r

0mith, on%e again, I&m terrily sorry.&

&;ou $now I was so sure I saw her. 0o sure...& Tom said.

&I understand,& replied #iinya. &It&s a terrile sho%$.&

The two men shoo$ hands.

&Rememer, %ome here any time i! you need anything,&

said 8r #iinya. &-oodye, now.&

&-oodye,& said Tom, and wal$ed out into the street.

8r #iinya turned and wal$ed a%$ into his o!!i%e. He

%losed the door %are!ully and sat down at his des$. (or a !ew

minutes he sat thin$ing. Then he pi%$ed up the telephone.

Tom wal$ed slowly through the %rowded streets o! oldIstanul. The streets were usy, and !ull o! interesting

people, shops and %a!es. 'ut Tom did not see any o! those

things. He was not interested in Istanul, he was not a tourist

any more. Tom was thin$ing o! Angela. He rememered the

6ourney on the us !rom the airport. He was sure he had seen

Angela. 0he had een there on the pa"ement, getting out o! a%ar. 'ut #iinya said it was not Angela. Angela was dead. 0he

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Tom wal$ed through the streets o! the %ity. He wal$ed

through the -rand 'a5aar. He wal$ed on and on through

narrow old streets. He didn&t $now where he was, or what

time it was. He thought aout Angela. He thought again

aout his 6ourney on the us !rom the airport. Again andagain he thought aout it, and again and again he saw his

!ian%ee. Then he stopped wal$ing, and stood !or a moment

on the pa"ement. He was standing on a street eside the sea.

Angela isn&t dead, he thought. I saw her=

He loo$ed in his po%$et and !ound 4emal&s telephone

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CHAPTER (I@E

A Disappointing Day

&0o,& said 4emal, &you really thin$ you saw her, do

you7&

4emal and Tom were sitting in the Ameri%an 'ar at the

Par$ Hotel. Tom thought %are!ully !or a moment e!ore

answering.

&;es,& he said slowly. &;es, I do. ;ou proaly thin$ I

imagined it. I understand that. 'ut I&m %on"in%ed I saw her,

that&s all.&

4emal nodded.

&I %an&t stop thin$ing aout yesterday,& Tom %ontinued.

&I %lose my eyes and I %an see Angela there on the pa"ement.

I %an&t !orget that.&

&Listen, Tom,& said 4emal. &e only met yesterday utalready we&re !riends. ;ou&re in my %ountry, you&re my

!riend, and you need help. I! you thin$ you saw Angela,

that&s enough !or me. I elie"e you. Now we ha"e to de%ide

what to do.&

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Then I want to go to the 'ritish Consulate. I ha"e an

appointment !or this a!ternoon.&

&O4,& said 4emal. &The street where you saw Angela.

#o you thin$ you %an rememer where it is7&

&No prolem,& said Tom. &e %an dri"e along the same

route as the airport us. I&m sure I&ll rememer it.&

&And what do you thin$ you will !ind there7&

&I&m not sure. 'ut she was going into a uilding withtwo men. At least we %an !ind the uilding 2 maye that will

tell us something.&

&O4,& said 4emal. &8y %ar&s outside. Let&s go.&

Tom and 4emal were dri"ing through the %ity.

&It was a wide street,& said Tom. &e %ame to a

roundaout a!ter the tra!!i% lights. e turned le!t and then

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They were approa%hing some tra!!i% lights. Tom loo$ed

out o! the window at the uildings on the le!t.

&No,& he said. &Not here.&

They dro"e on to the ne1t tra!!i% lights.

&This is it,& said Tom. &This is the pla%e.&

4emal stopped the %ar.

&;ou get out. I&ll !ind a par$ing pla%e.&

Tom got out and loo$ed around him. He was in a wide

street o! shops and o!!i%es. A newspaper $ios$, a tra"el

agen%y 2 he rememered them !rom the day e!ore. He stood

loo$ing at the uildings opposite until 4emal arri"ed.

Tom pointed a%ross the street to the entran%e to an

o!!i%e uilding.

&That&s it, I thin$,& he said.

They %rossed the street and loo$ed at the name plateeside the entran%e to the o!!i%e lo%$. There were many

names there a lawyer, a dentist, a do%tor, and many other

o!!i%es. Tom stood loo$ing at the names !or a !ew moments.

&ell,& he said !inally, &I&m sure she went into this

uilding. 'ut whi%h o!!i%e was she going to7 as she goingto see a lawyer, or a dentist, or a do%tor7 How do we egin

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4emal too$ his arm gently, and they wal$ed slowly

a%$ to the %ar.

&Listen, Tom,& he said. &;ou&re going too !ast. ;ou %an&t

e1pe%t to !ind out e"erything immediately. ait until you seethe man at the Consulate. A!ter that, we&ll thin$ aout it.

Then we %an de%ide what to do. e $now she was going into

that uilding. That&s something, anyway. Now loo$, it&s

lun%h2time. ;ou must e hungry. I $now a good restaurant

near here ...&

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CHAPTER 0IB

Visit to the Consulate

A!ter lun%h, 4emal dro"e Tom to the 'ritish Consulate

in 8esrutiyet 0treet. He stopped the %ar at the gate.

&ell, good lu%$,& he said. &I&ll wait !or you.&

Tom opened the %ar door.

&It&s "ery good o! you to help me li$e this 4emal.

Than$s "ery mu%h.&

&Not at all,& said 4emal. &0ee you later.&

Tom went through the Consulate gates. The old

Consulate, with eauti!ul gardens round it, loo$ed li$e a

pala%e. Tom pushed the ig door open and went in.

&I&d li$e to see 8r #a"id Pennington, please,& he said at

the re%eption des$. &8y name&s Tom 0mith. I ha"e anappointment.&

A!ter a !ew minutes, a tall man wearing glasses %ame

to meet him.

&8r 0mith, my name&s Pennington. How do you do7&

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Tom shoo$ 8r Pennington&s hand. &How do you do,& he

replied.

&Come into my o!!i%e, please, 8r 0mith. 8r #iinya

told me you were %oming.&

They wal$ed up the eauti!ul stair%ase o! the Consulate

and went into 8r Pennington&s o!!i%e.

&0it down, please,& said Pennington. &8r 0mith, I&m "ery

sorry aout your !ian%ee. It was a great tragedy. Please

a%%ept my %ondolen%es.&

&Than$ you,& said Tom.

8r Pennington too$ two !iles !rom his des$.

&This is our report on the a%%ident,& he said. &And this isthe poli%e report. I %an gi"e you %opies o! these, ut perhaps

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&8r 0mith,& he said, &I don&t thin$ you !ully understand.

;our !ian%ee...&

&I $now,& Tom interrupted. &Angela was $illed in a road

a%%ident last wee$end. Her !uneral was last ednesday. 8r#iinya told me that this morning. 'ut I&m telling you I saw

her yesterday.&

&8r 0mith, I thin$ you should read these reports

%are!ully e!ore you say anything more.&

He passed the !iles o"er to Tom.

&Can I get you a %up o! tea or something7&

&A %up o! tea would e ni%e. Than$ you.&

Pennington le!t the o!!i%e. He %ame a%$ a !ew minuteslater with some tea. There was silen%e in the room while

Tom read the reports. Presently he loo$ed up.

&A!ter the a%%ident,& Tom as$ed Pennington, &how did

they identi!y the ody7&

&That was di!!i%ult,& said Pennington. &As you $now, the

a%%ident happened on a dangerous road aout ++ $ilometres

!rom here. ;our !ian%ee&s %ar %rashed through a wall y the

side o! the road, and !ell down the hillside. The %ar urst into

!lames and was %ompletely urned out. The 2 the ody was

"ery adly urned, so identi!i%ation was di!!i%ult. 'ut thepoli%e !ound your !ian%ee&s handag lying near the %ar. Her

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out that the %ar was owned y a %ar hire %ompany. 8iss

Thomson had hired the %ar !or the wee$end.&

&hat aout Angela&s parents7& Tom as$ed.

&I&m a!raid her parents don&t $now aout the a%%ident

yet. They&re on a %amping holiday in (ran%e 2 the poli%e are

trying to %onta%t them.&

&hat was she doing on that dangerous road7&

&0he spent the wee$end in 'ursa, sightseeing. It&s a"ery interesting old town. 0he was on her way a%$ to

Istanul.&

Tom thought !or a moment.

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Tom said nothing.

&I really am "ery sorry,& Pennington went on. &I

understand how you must !eel. ;ou&"e had a terrile sho%$.

8y ad"i%e to you now is to lea"e Istanul. There is nothingyou %an do here.&

&I&m eginning to thin$ you&re right,& said Tom. &Perhaps

I should go home. ;ou $now, I really thought I saw Angela,

ut now...&

&here are you staying7& as$ed Pennington.

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CHAPTER 0E@EN

The an in the !rey "aincoat

4emal was waiting in the %ar outside the Consulate

gates.

&hat did he say7& 4emal as$ed, as Tom got in the %ar.

&The same as #iinya,& Tom replied. &It was an a%%ident.Angela&s dead. The !ile is %losed.&

4emal started the %ar, and dro"e away !rom the

Consulate.

&8r Pennington ad"ised me to go a%$ to London,&Tom %ontinued. &I&m eginning to thin$ he&s right.&

4emal said nothing.

&The poli%e thin$ Angela is dead, and the people at the

Consulate do too. I&m the only person who doesn&t thin$she&s dead. 0o what am I going to do7 0tay here in Istanul7

-o home7 Really, I 6ust don&t...&

&Now wait a minute, wait a minute, Tom,& said 4emal.

&How long ha"e you een in Istanul7&

&Not "ery long...&


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&;ou&"e een here less than twenty2!our hours. And

what has happened to you in this time7 ;ou&"e had a terrile

sho%$. ;ou&"e een told that your !ian%ee was $illed in an

a%%ident a wee$ ago. 'ut you are sure you saw her !rom the

us last night. 0o now you are %on!used and you don&t $nowwhat to do. That&s right, isn&t it7&

Tom nodded his head slowly in agreement.

&ell, I&ll tell you what you&re going to do,& 4emal went

on. &;ou&re going to %ome with me to the Top$api Pala%e. e%an wal$ through the eauti!ul gardens there and thin$ aout

e"erything %are!ully. Then we %an de%ide what to do ne1t.&

Tom smiled.

&;ou&re right, o! %ourse. It has een a di!!i%ult day.&

&E1a%tly,& said 4emal. &Now it&s time to rela1 a little.&

They were dri"ing down narrow streets, to the -olden

Horn.

&This is the -alata 'ridge 2 it %rosses the -olden Horn,&said 4emal. &Loo$, isn&t it eauti!ul7&

They dro"e slowly a%ross the ridge in the right

sunlight.

&It is eauti!ul,& said Tom, loo$ing out a%ross the'osphorus. &@ery eauti!ul.&


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They %ontinued a%ross the ridge, turned le!t, and

dro"e past the Railway 0tation. A !ew minutes later they

%ame to 0anta 0ophia 2 one o! the oldest and most eauti!ul

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They wal$ed a%ross the %ourtyard towards the se%ond

gate o! the Pala%e.

&4emal, what&s wrong7& said Tom


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CHAPTER EI-HT

A Surprise #hone Call

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&Hello7 Is that Tom 0mith7& It was a woman&s "oi%e.

&;es. ho is that7& Tom as$ed. His heart was eating !ast.

&;ou don&t $now me, 8r 0mith, ut I&m a !riend o! Angela&s.

I ha"e something to tell you. Can we meet somewhere7&

&ho are you7&

&8y name&s >ulie. As I said, I&m a !riend o! Angela&s.

Listen, I don&t want to tal$ on the phone. Can we meet

somewhere7&

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A girl %ame in a !ew minutes later. 0he had long londe

hair,

and was wearing 6eans. The girl loo$ed round the ar,

then wal$ed o"er to Tom&s tale.

FHi,& she said. &I&m >ulie.& &Hello,& he said. &I&m Tom.

Please sit down.& 0he sat down. The waiter %ame o"er.

&ould you li$e a drin$7& said Tom. &A %o!!ee, please,& she

said. The waiter nodded and le!t. &0o you&re Tom,& >ulie said.

&;ou loo$ 6ust li$e your photograph. Angela showed me api%ture o! you.&

&'ut how did you !ind me7& Tom as$ed.

&I went to the 'ritish Consulate today,& >ulie e1plained.

&I spo$e to 8r PenningtonG he told me the name o! yourhotel. I $new you were %oming to Istanul and I wanted to

spea$ to you.&

0he loo$ed round ner"ously.

&Listen, Tom,& she went on. &There&s something strange

going on. hat do you $now aout Angela&s a%%ident7&

&Only what the Consulate told me today,& said Tom. He

told >ulie aout his %on"ersation with 8r Pennington.

&And are you satis!ied7& she as$ed.

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&Tell me what you thin$,& he said slowly.

&All right,& said >ulie. &Let&s start at the eginning.

Angela %ame to Istanul two months ago. I met her at a

party soon a!ter she arri"ed and we e%ame good !riends. Atthe eginning, she was happy. 0he en6oyed her 6o, she li$ed

wor$ing !or her oss...&

iinya 7&

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0he stopped.

&That&s all,& she said. &That&s what I wanted to tell you.&

Tom leant a%ross the tale.

&0hall I tell you something7& he said ulie stared at him.

&here7& she as$ed.

&I was in the airport us, %oming into the %ity. e were

in 8illet 0treet near A$saray. Angela was going into a

uilding with two men.&

&hat do you mean, going into a uilding7 hi%huilding7&

&ell, I don&t $now. There are a lot o! o!!i%es in the

uilding. I went there today. There was a dentist, and a

do%tor...&

o%tor,& said >ulie. &That&s interesting.&

&hat do you mean7&

&Angela had a "irus two wee$s ago 2 a ad atta%$. 0he

was getting pills !rom a do%tor. That e1plains it 2 she neededmore pills, or treatment. 0he was going to a do%tor=&


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Tom thought !or a moment.

&0o that&s where she was going,& he said. &To the

do%tor&s. 8aye I %an go and as$ the do%tor a !ew ulie loo$ed worried.

&'e %are!ul, Tom,& she said.

&hat do you mean7&

&>ust e %are!ul,& she repeated. &0omething strange ishappening. It %ould e dangerous !or you i! you as$ too

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CHAPTER NINE

'!oo$bye% r Diinya'

Later that e"ening Tom phoned 4emal. He told him

aout his meeting with >ulie. 4emal listened while Tom

e1plained what had happened.

&O4,& he said, when Tom had !inished. &Listen 2 I thin$ I

understand what&s happening. Angela was wor$ing !or#iinya. Right7&

&;es.&

&And then she was worried aout something 2

something at wor$. Right7&

&;es.&

&O4, and then she had her a%%ident. 'ut it wasn&t an

a%%ident. Tom 2 you $now what I thin$7 I thin$ Angela is

ali"e. 0he&s here somewhere in Istanul. #iinya is holdingher prisoner.&

&hat7&

&Thin$ aout it, Tom. Angela was worried aout

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disappeared. 'ut she isn&t dead 2 there was no %ar a%%ident 2

#iinya is holding her prisoner, I&m sure o! it.&

&'ut,& egan Tom. &I don&t...&

&Listen, Tom,& %ontinued 4emal, &what aout the man in

the Top$api Pala%e today 2 the man who !ollowed us7 ;ou

$now what I thin$, Tom7 I thin$ #iinya and his !riends ha"e

een wat%hing you sin%e you arri"ed in Istanul. They $now

where you are staying, they $now you went to the Consulate,

and that&s how they !ollowed us to the Pala%e today. They$now e"erything aout you, Tom.&

&-od,& said Tom


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The two men shoo$ hands. Tom turned and le!t the

o!!i%e. His ta1i was waiting.

&The airport, please,& he said as he got in.

The ta1i mo"ed o!!. Another %ar, par$ed twenty metres

away, mo"ed away !rom the pa"ement and started !ollowing.

At the airport, Tom wal$ed o"er to the 'ritish Airways

des$. He as$ed aout the !light to London, ut he did not

%he%$ in. Then he ought a newspaper and sat down to wait.

He loo$ed round the usy airport.

0omewhere among all these people, he thought,

someone is wat%hing me.

He opened his newspaper and started reading. Then

there was an announ%ement o"er the loudspea$er &'ritish

Airways announ%e the departure o! their !light T4* !or

London. ill Passengers please pro%eed to -ate / !or

oarding.&

Tom pi%$ed up his things and wal$ed towards passport

%ontrol. There were lots o! people at the entran%e to passport

%ontrol. Tom went into the %rowd o! people and mo"ed

towards a large man whose relati"es were saying goodye.

0uddenly he turned and went into the men&s toilet. In the

toilet he too$ o!! his 6a%$et and started to wash his hands and

!a%e. No one !ollowed him into the toilet. Then there wasanother announ%ement 'ritish Airways (light T4* !or

London. This is the !inal announ%ement. ill passengers


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CHAPTER TEN

An Important Disco&ery

4emal and Tom had something to eat. Then they sat

down and made their plans !or the e"ening.

&e&ll wat%h #iinya&s o!!i%e this e"ening,& said 4emal.

&hen he %omes out we&ll !ollow him. Then we&ll !ind out

where he li"es.&

&on&t that e dangerous !or me7& as$ed Tom. &He

$nows me, rememer. hat i! he sees me7&

4emal smiled and stood up.

&I&"e thought aout that. And I&"e got 6ust what you

need. Loo$.&

4emal opened a drawer.

&Put this on,& he said.

&A wig=& said Tom.

&And a !alse mousta%he, too. -o on, try them on.&

Tom put on the wig and mousta%he. He loo$ed in the

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&No one will re%ognise me now,& he laughed. &Not e"en

my own mother=&

&-ood,& said 4emal. &And i! you also wear dar$ glasses

you will e %ompletely disguised.&

It was se"en o&%lo%$ and the shops and small

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&Care!ul,& said Tom. on&t dri"e too %lose. 0tay ehind

the ta1i.&

They dro"e along the main road, wat%hing the

8er%edes.

&He&s turning le!t.&

&O4.&

Tom and 4emal !ollowed.

They were now dri"ing along the wide street eside the

sea. (or twenty minutes they dro"e towards the suurs o!

the %ity. Now they were outside the %ity %entre and the tra!!i%

was mo"ing !aster. The 8er%edes turned o!! the main road.

&0low down,& said Tom. &;ou&re too near.&

They slowed down until the 8er%edes had turned the

%orner, then dro"e !aster. hen they turned the %orner, the

road was empty.

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&He&s stopping,& said 4emal, as he saw the 8er%edes&

ra$e lights going on.

4emal dro"e slowly. The 8er%edes was now !i!ty

metres in !ront o! them.

&He&s turning,& said 4emal.

The 8er%edes turned o!! the street and dro"e through

the gates o! a large "illa. The "illa was surrounded y trees

and ushes. Already the gates were %losing ehind it as the

8er%edes dro"e up to the house.

Tom and 4emal dro"e past the %losed gate and

%ontinued along the street.

&ell,& said Tom. &That&s where #iinya li"es.&

&That&s a start,& said 4emal. &Come on, let&s go home

now.&

'a%$ in 4emal&s !lat, they dis%ussed what they had

seen.

&I thin$ that Angela is in the "illa,& said Tom.

4emal agreed.

&hat do we do now7& as$ed Tom. &e %an&t get into

the "illa. There are proaly men guarding it.&


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&I agree,& said 4emal. &e thin$ she&s in the "illa ut we

%an&t get in there.&

&It doesn&t matter. The "illa isn&t important,& said Tom.

&hat do you mean7&

&Thin$ aout it,& Tom replied. &Rememer what >ulie

said. Angela was worried aout something at wor$. 0he

wor$ed in the o!!i%e, she ne"er went to the "illa. 0o what

we&re loo$ing !or is in the o!!i%e. The "illa isn&t important.&

&;ou&re right,& said 4emal. He stood up and wal$ed

o"er to the window. &Listen, you&"e een inside the o!!i%e,

what&s it li$e7&

&hen you go in the door,& Tom told him, &there&s the

window, and a small re%eption des$. Then there&s an o!!i%e,

and a door to #iinya&s pri"ate o!!i%e at the a%$.&

&Anything else7&

Tom tried to rememer the inside o! the o!!i%e.

&;es,& he said. &There&s a door, another door, at the

a%$.&

&O4,& said 4emal. &They must ha"e a wor$shop or a

store through that door. That&s where they&ll $eep all the

things they e1port. 0o somehow we ha"e to ha"e a loo$inside...&


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4emal thought !or a moment.

&I&"e got an idea,& he said suddenly. iinya e1ports

ony1 ornaments to England. 8y parents sell things li$e that

in their shop. 0o, i! I had a o1 o! ornaments and I wanted tosell them "ery %heaply, who would uy them !rom me7&

Tom loo$ed at him, then smiled.

iinya,& he said.

&E1a%tly,& smiled 4emal. &Now, let&s thin$ %are!ully...&


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CHAPTER ELE@EN

A Cle&er Trick

Irahim #iinya was alone in his pri"ate o!!i%e. He was

wor$ing at his des$, !inishing some paperwor$. He always

did his paperwor$ alone e!ore going home.

He loo$ed at his wat%h. Another ten minutes, then he

would e !inished.

There was a $no%$ at the door.

#iinya loo$ed up !rom his papers. He didn&t mo"e.

There was another $no%$, louder this time.

He put the papers in his des$ and lo%$ed it. Then he got

up and went out into the o!!i%e. He %ould see a man outside,

standing in the doorway.

&e&re %losed,& he said through the glass door. &Come

a%$ tomorrow.&

&I&m sorry,& said the man. &It&s urgent, please.&

#iinya was annoyed. He unlo%$ed the door and opened

it.

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&I&m "ery sorry to other you,& said 4emal. &'ut I was

hoping to !ind someone here. I ha"e a prolem. ;ou see, I

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&All right.& he said. &;ou %an ha"e them !or /+++ lira.

They&re in a ig o1 in the %ar. Could you help me %arry

them7 They&re "ery hea"y.&

#iinya went with him to the %ar. Together they %arriedthe o1 into the o!!i%e.

&This is really "ery $ind o! you,& said 4emal. &They are

hea"y.&

They %arried the o1 to the a%$ o! the o!!i%e. 4emal

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At that moment the telephone in his o!!i%e rang. #iinya

loo$ed annoyed.

&E1%use me one moment,& he said to 4emal.

He went a%$ to his pri"ate o!!i%e.

4emal loo$ed at his wat%h and smiled as #iinya

disappeared through the door. ?ui%$ly he loo$ed round the

wor$shop. There was a door at the other end. He loo$ed out

o! the windows.

Outside there was a small %ourtyard, and at one end o!

the %ourtyard, a wall, two metres high.

On the wor$en%h at the end o! the wor$shop, there

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&Than$ you,& said 4emal. &I really need this money.

ell, I won&t ta$e any more o! your time.&

#iinya wal$ed with him to the door into the street.

&Than$s again,& said 4emal. &-oodnight.&

&-oodnight,& said #iinya, and %losed the door.

4emal went a%$ to his %ar and dro"e home. Tom was

waiting !or him.

id it wor$7& he as$ed, as 4emal %ame into the

apartment.

&Per!e%tly,& smiled 4emal. &8y rother phoned 6ust at

the right moment, when we were in the wor$shop. #iinya

elie"ed my story, too. And he ga"e me a "ery low pri%e !orthe ony1.&

&hat did you see in the wor$shop7&

4emal loo$ed serious.

&ell, not "ery mu%h, I&m a!raid. It&s 6ust a wor$shop,

or a store. There were lots o! ony1 and leather arti%les, rass

and tools. And there were some ony1 lamps eing repaired, I

thin$. 'ut there&s a %ourtyard outside, and another uilding

opposite. I&m sure that it elongs to #iinya. And more

important 2 there&s a wall at one end o! the %ourtyard, whi%hisn&t too high


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&8eaning7&

&8eaning that it wouldn&t e too di!!i%ult to %lim o"er

it.&


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CHAPTER TEL@E

Disaster

The ne1t morning, a!ter rea$!ast, Tom and 4emal sat

loo$ing at a street map o! Istanul. &Loo$ here,& 4emal said.

He pointed to a small street.

iinya&s shop is in this street. Now, loo$ at the street

ehind his shop. e&ll ha"e to !ind a way into the %ourtyard!rom that side.&

o you $now that part o! the %ity7& as$ed Tom.

&Not "ery well. As !ar as I rememer, there are only

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Tom rea%hed up. 4emal too$ his hand and pulled. Tom

put his other hand on the top o! the wall and %limed on to

the wall eside 4emal.

4emal dropped silently to the ground in the %ourtyard.0uddenly there was a noise. It %ame !rom inside the

wor$shop.

4emal pointed to the side. They hurried silently o"er to

the wall, and waited.

Another noise. A door opened and %losed inside the

wor$shop. A light %ame on in the wor$shop and shone out

a%ross the %ourtyard. Tom and 4emal stood !ro5en against

the wall. They e1pe%ted a door to open and men to run out

into the %ourtyard. 'ut nothing happened. They heard people

tal$ing and mo"ing aout inside. 4emal put his mouth %loseto Tom&s ear.

&This is our only %han%e,& he whispered. &e ha"e to try

to see what they&re doing in there.&

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Tom loo$ed at all the ony1 and rass ornaments, the

%utting tools, the pile o! plasti% ags on the tale. 0uddenly

he understood what was happening.

Ornaments !or e1port to England, and inside theornaments 2 opium=

&0o that&s it=& he whispered to 4emal. &They&re

smuggling drugs in the ornaments=&

Tom stepped a%$ !rom the window. Perhaps he was

e1%ited y what he had seen. Perhaps he !orgot where he

was. 'ut suddenly, he put his !oot on a stone and slipped.

He put out his hand and $no%$ed against a pie%e o!

wood. The pie%e o! wood !ell to the ground with a loud

%rash.

A light %ame on, a door opened, and men rushed out.

&Run=& shouted 4emal.

&0top=& shouted a man. &Cat%h them=&

0e%onds later, Tom and 4emal were at the wall. They

6umped, ut Tom was too slow. One o! the men %aught his

legs and pulled him to the ground.

4emal turned to help Tom. Then it was too late. The

other men 6umped up and pulled him a%$ into the%ourtyard. A !ew se%onds later it was all o"er. Tom and

4emal were prisoners.


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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Journey Into Danger

&This way= Hurry up=& said one o! the men, pushingTom and 4emal towards the door o! the wor$shop.

&-et inside=& said the man.

Tom and 4emal stepped inside and stopped, sho%$ed.

#iinya was standing in the wor$shop. He had a gun in his

hand. (or a !ew se%onds he stared at them silently.

&ell, well,& he said slowly, &our !riend, the

Englishman. @ery %le"er. Oh, yes, "ery %le"er. And you=&

His !a%e was red with anger as he loo$ed at 4emal. He

stepped !orward and hit 4emal in the !a%e. Tom mo"ed

!orward.

on&t mo"e, or I&ll $ill you now,& said #iinya. The gun

was pointing at Tom. &-et o"er there.&

Tom and 4emal stood eside the wor$en%h. #iinyaloo$ed at them oth !or a long moment.

&0o,& he said !inally. &;ou ha"e seen all this.& He pointed

to the plasti% ags and the ony1 ornaments. &@ery %le"er o!

you. e should ha"e $illed the English girl e!ore. Then this

would ne"er ha"e happened.&

&here is she7& as$ed Tom. &here is Angela7&


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&Oh, don&t worry aout her. 0he&s O4. Let&s say 2 she is

a guest at my "illa. ;ou&ll e ale to spea$ to her "ery soon 2

I&m sure you&ll ha"e a lot to tal$ aout 2 e!ore you all die=&

He laughed 2 a %old, %ruel laugh.

&O4, let&s go, said #iinya to his men. &e&re ta$ing

these two with us.&

The men pushed Tom and 4emal out o! the wor$shop

and through the shop to the door. The 8er%edes stood in the

street.

&-et inside,& said #iinya.

Tom loo$ed up and down the street. 'ut there was no

one there to help them.

on&t try anything !oolish, Englishman. ;ou %an&t

es%ape. -et in.&

Tom and 4emal sat in the a%$ o! the %ar, with a man

on ea%h side o! them. The others got in the !ront. They dro"e

away !rom the shop, turned on to the main road, and dro"ea%ross the %ity towards the suurs.

&Ta$e a loo$,& said #iinya, smiling. &Istanul y night.

0o many people, so mu%h li!e. Ta$e your last loo$ at it, you

!oolish young men. It&s the last time you&ll see it.&

&hat,& egan Tom, &has Angela got to do with this7&


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&e needed her at the eginning,& replied #iinya. &0he

was "ery use!ul. 0he helped us to arrange the e1port o! the

things to England. 0he didn&t $now anything aout our 2 our

other usiness. 'ut one day, she le!t something in the o!!i%e,

and %ame a%$ !or it in the e"ening. 8ost un!ortunate !orher. 0he saw what we were doing. A!ter that, I %ould not let

her go.&

&here is she7& as$ed Tom urgently.

&Ah 2 I&m not a %ruel man,& replied #iinya. &I did not $illher. I ha"e $ept her in my "illa.&

&That&s e%ause you didn&t $now what to do,& said Tom.

&E1a%tly. 'ut we ha"e no %hoi%e now. ;ou $now too

mu%h aout us.&

&hat aout the drugs when they arri"e in Europe7&

as$ed Tom.

&That&s easy,& replied #iinya. &e ha"e !riends in

England. The goods are deli"ered to dealers in England and

our !riends uy them. ;our !ian%ee helped us a lot. I shall

soon e ri%h 2 "ery ri%h.&

The 8er%edes turned o!! the main road, and dro"e

along the small street towards #iinya&s "illa. The %ar dro"e

in through the gates o! the "illa, up to the house. It stopped

near the !ront door. It was a ig "illa with three !loors. There

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&Out,& said #iinya.

They got out o! the %ar. There was one small light

ao"e the !ront door o! the "illa. The rest o! the house was in

%omplete dar$ness. Tom loo$ed around 2 he was loo$ing !ora way to es%ape. #iinya saw him.

&I! you try to es%ape, I&ll shoot you,& he said. &Now, get

inside.&

They started wal$ing up the steps to the !ront door.

&0TOP=& shouted a "oi%e.

0uddenly a linding light %ame on. The garden o! the

"illa was !ull o! men running towards them. (or a se%ond

#iinya stood !ro5en on the steps, sho%$ed. Then he ran

towards the door. It opened suddenly and two men 6umped

out. They had guns pointing at #iinya.

&0top= This is the poli%e. 0top or we&ll shoot=&

#iinya dropped his gun and slowly put his hands ao"e

his head. His men did the same.

&The poli%e,& 4emal said. &e&re sa!e.&

At that moment the door o! the "illa opened and a girl

ran out.

&Tom=& she shouted. &Tom=&


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Tom turned round


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&Oh, I only helped you a little,& said 4emal.

&A little=& said Tom.

They wat%hed as #iinya and his men were ta$en to a

poli%e %ar.

&How did the poli%e $now what was happening7& as$ed

Tom.

At that moment a %ar dro"e up to the "illa. A man got

out o! the %ar and wal$ed towards them. He smiled.

&Hello, 8r 0mith,& he said. &e meet again.&

&8r Pennington=& smiled Tom.


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CHAPTER (O9RTEEN

Time (or a Holi$ay

Later that night, Tom, 4emal and Angela were

rela1ing. They were sitting in 8r Pennington&s !lat in the

Consulate uilding. #a"id Pennington was telling them what

had happened.

&>ulie %ame to see me here at the Consulate,& hee1plained. &0he told me aout her %on"ersation with Tom.

Then I was %on"in%ed that Tom&s story was true. I %onta%ted

the Tur$ish poli%e again. A!ter that I tried to %onta%t you,

Tom, ut you had le!t your hotel. e thought you&d gone

a%$ to England.&

&No,& smiled Tom. He loo$ed at Angela. &I had some

urgent usiness here in Istanul.&

They all laughed.

&How did they treat you in the "illa7& as$ed Tom.

&They treated me "ery well,& replied Angela. &hen my

"irus was "ery ad, they too$ me to the do%tor. 'ut I was

terrily worried on the 8onday you were arri"ing in

Istanul. #iinya $new you were %oming e%ause I had told

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&They made a ig mista$e when they too$ you to the

do%tor,& said Tom. &I! I had not seen you !rom the us...&

on&t,& said Angela, &don&t e"en thin$ aout it.&

&hat aout the %ar a%%ident7& said 4emal. &How did

they arrange that7 I wonder whose ody was in the urnt out

%ar7&

There was silen%e while they thought aout that. &The

poli%e will ha"e to !ind that out,& said Pennington !inally.

&It was a "ery %le"er plan o! #iinya&s,& said Tom. &@ery

%le"er.&

&;es,& agreed Pennington. &And drug2smugglers li$e

#iinya %an ma$e millions o! pounds.&

&ell 2 it&s o"er now,& said Angela. 0he turned to Tom.

o you rememer the letter I wrote to you Tom7 I said that

li!e here in Istanul is "ery interesting. I was right, wasn&t I7&

They all laughed.

&;es,& said Tom, &a little it too interesting !or me= A!ter

all this, do you $now what I want7&

&hat7&

&I want a really dull, uninteresting holiday in Istanul=&


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