Manuel Barreiros

Victorian Tales 7 - The Khedive. Manuel Barreiros

RUPERT, A SAILOR, FATHER OF MOIRA'S FRIEND CLARA, DISAPPEARED JUST AFTER COMING HOME FROM EGYPT. IN THE SAME VESSEL TRAVELLED THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT, WHO CAME TO VISIT ENGLAND AT THE INVIATION OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, AND, NON INVITED, ALSO THE MAHDI AND CROW THE MASTER SPY. MOIRA TOLD WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FATHER, SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, HEAD OF THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICE AND TO HIS BOY FRIEND, SIDNEY OREBAR, THE BEST BRITISH AGENT. THAT EVENING SIR MORTIMER, MOIRA AND SIDNEY WERE INVITED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES TO MEET THE KHEDIVE. BUT THE MAN WAS NOT THE SAME KHEDIVE THAT THEY MET BEFORE WHEN THEY WERE IN CAIRO FOR THE BLACK HOLE BUSINESS. BUT THE KHEDIVE EXPLAINED THAT HIS UNCLE THE LATE KHEDIVE HAD A STROKE. SIR MORTIMER DID NOT BELIEVE THE STORY AND QUICKLY, WITH SIDNEY AND MOIRA REACHED THE CONCLUSION, THAT THE MAHDI AND CROW, WITH THE FAKE KHEDIVE WERE PREPARING A BIG COUP IN ENGLAND. ANOTHER BIG ADVENTURE STARTS