Chapter 38After Eichel was seated, I sat across from him at
the table.
“We’ve been playing a little game,” I said.
“Here are the rules. I ask a question, and if I don’t like the
answer, I do this.”
I pointed my Colt at Eichel, spun the
cylinder, and pulled the trigger. Eichel gasped and recoiled,
almost falling from his chair.
“Are you insane?” Eichel shouted.
“Probably, which is why you need to humor
me. Here is question number 1. What information were you and the
good Dr. Bethmann here going to extract from the baroness.”
Eichel cleared his throat uneasily. “I was
going to ask her who gave her those secret German government
documents. Whoever it was is a traitor to the German state.”
Katharina walked over and stood next to
Eichel. “You and I both know those invasion plans
