BIGGLES 'FAILS
TO RETURN'
By Captain W.
E. Johns
III. THE
ROAD TO MONTE CARLO (Pages
33 - 49)
The following night our heroes parachute
safely into Monaco and hide their parachutes in an old abandoned house as
recommended by Ducoste. They split up and we follow Ginger as he
makes his way into Monte Carlo and sleeps outdoors. In the morning he befriends a local
policeman, a gendarme, who buys him bread in a cafe in return for an onion. The cafe proprietor buys two kilos of
Ginger's onions and the men chat about the local gossip. "They say there was an Englishman here
the other day - a spy". It is not
known if he was caught or not or shot or not.
There are various rumours. Ginger
heads to the harbour looking for the Quai de Plaisance as it is possible
Biggles may have left a message here. Ginger
spots Bertie in the distance, apparently being chased by an ugly looking
boatman. They disappear out of Ginger's
sight.