Fox of France

Martin found the fur dealer named Pidur, who bought the furs of all kinds of animals with hair all over their bodies. The lack of interest in leather products from animals with mostly bare skin has disappointed many American furriers. Because although Pidur is picky, he always gives money easily.

Martin found Pidur, handed him the letter, and explained the purpose of his visit straightforwardly.

"Oh, it's not easy to handle this matter." Pidur said, "You say that I am a legitimate businessman who collects furs, why..."

"Legal merchants? Come on, none of the merchants who collect fur goods are really engaged in legitimate business." Martin said.

"That's right," Pidur said, "but I'm a businessman, and I only want to make money, not kill."

"Dyson said that you have a lot of lives in your hands."

"That was collateral damage in the process of trying to get money. My goal was not to kill them, but they happened to be in my way to get the money unfortunately. I didn't take the initiative to kill them. So I really only want to make money, not to kill." Pidur replied frankly.

"Okay, but it's me who killed me, and it has nothing to do with you. I just need a little help from you. This will also be good for future business, isn't it?"

Pidur thought for a while and replied: "I can't interfere with anything directly related to this matter. I can give you a little help. After all, Dyson is my friend. But I don't know what you are here for. You just asked me some business questions, and I told you as a friend. In addition, what you want to do is an influential person. If the matter is exposed and I am involved, I will be very troublesome. Um, Dyson will have to compensate me more next time."

After finishing these words, he said: "As for that Fafnir and that Grad, they are both professors of Harvard. They are very influential. There are not many people who don't know them here. Well, first let me say Tell me your general plan."

Martin's plan is very simple. He intends to figure out the schedule of Fafnir or Grede first, and then wait for them on the road where they often appear, and after confirming the target, follow them to complete two revolvers Pistol, and then just get on the horse and run.

"This plan of yours is too rough." Pidur shook his head, "Don't talk about anything else, how do you run after you're done? How can such an important thing be so rough? Young man, you don't know the value of life, you You are so unfamiliar with this place, and your accent is different from here, where can you escape easily? When doing this kind of thing, you must first think about the way back. Think about how to retreat after success or failure. Think about it, you If you get caught in Massachusetts. What kind of sentence will the courts in Massachusetts give you? They will hang you up and dry out.

Young man, you still have family, right? Would they like to see in the papers that you were hung up to dry? Therefore, the most important thing is to design a retreat plan. Well, don't do anything else these days, just be a salesman for me. The job required walking around so you could get acquainted with the terrain of Boston—especially the terrain from Harvard to the port area. As for the whereabouts of those two people, I will help you find out. "

So the first conversation between the two ended. Early the next morning, Pidur gave Martin a small box hung around his neck, which was filled with French cigarettes and various small things for women, and asked him to go out and sell these things.

"This box is too heavy," Martin said. "Can't you get a lighter one? I just know the terrain, not really..."

"Of course you are serious. Work hard and I will pay you." Pidur patted him on the shoulder and said.

In the next few days, Martin walked the streets and alleys in the possible action area during the day, and returned at night to exchange information with Pidur and discuss the means of assassination.

"Your original plan won't work. You can't kill them both at the same time. Although they are in the same university, they are not in the same college. So the chance of them appearing on the same occasion at the same time is very small. So these two people In , you can only choose one person as a target. And recently, because of the anger in the southern states over their speech, and many people have publicly stated that they want to kill them. So their actions are more careful. In addition to class, they now, They hardly ever act in public, so it's not easy to kill them."

"Then what? Can you find out where they live?" Martin asked.

"What, you still want to break into and commit murder? It's not easy. Both of them are very rich, so they live in high-end areas. Well, they live in Newton District, this place, you should have been to these days. How do you feel?"

"There are so many police officers. Wherever you look, you can see at least one or two police officers. I sold cigarettes there, and I was questioned by several police officers," Martin said.

"At night, there will be more police there. Also, you can't enter someone's home to prepare in advance, but your target may have been prepared. In his home, he knows the terrain much better than you, And be prepared, as long as you have a shotgun and a dog, let alone you, even if there are two or three people, you will not be able to get in for a short time. If there is any movement, a large number of police will arrive So, if you plan to break into the house, I advise you to go to the market to buy a rope and hang it up yourself, so that everyone will save trouble." Pidur obviously disapproved of the plan of breaking into the house.

Martin was also disappointed, but he also knew that Pidur had a point. It is not for nothing that Newton District is recognized as the safest area in Boston.

"So what do we do?" Martin asked.

"Now we have to wait and see if there are other opportunities. This may take a lot of time, um, now you know why I want you to be a salesman? Otherwise, the money you brought may not be enough Woolen cloth."

Martin had no choice but to continue working as a salesman to earn wages, otherwise, as Pidul said, the little money he brought would not be enough.

But the turning point came very quickly. This afternoon, just after Martin came back, he saw Pidur waving a newspaper at him: "Martin, come here, read this news."

"What's the matter?" Martin asked.

"The opportunity you've been waiting for has come," said Pidour. "You see, M. Beaublon, professor of literature at the Sorbonne, is invited to visit Harvard. Do you know what that means?"

"I know." Martin said, "When scholars like this come to give lectures, Harvard University will definitely hold a welcome ceremony. Harvard's auditorium is not big enough, and considering that these days are sunny, the welcome ceremony is likely to be held in the open air."