BIGGLES IN THE BLUE

by Captain W. E. Johns

XIV. THE CASE IS CLOSED (Pages 190 – 192)

“There were no repercussions from the case which Biggles entered in his records as Wolff alias Hagen, deceased v the Crown. The situation that led to the loss of Wolff’s papers was explained in Biggles’s report, and while, naturally, there was disappointment in certain technical departments, Biggles’s action in disposing of them rather than risk their falling into the hands of a potential enemy was held to be justified. Unofficially, the Air Commodore agreed with those who thought that the documents were better out of the way altogether”. Rumkeg Haven was confiscated by the Crown. An Admiralty frigate was dispatched to the area in which the foreign submarine was operating, but nothing more was seen of it. The Vega was found wrecked on Inagua, having apparently been abandoned. Biggles suspected that those on it had been picked up by the submarine. “Biggles also voiced an opinion that, as those for whom von Stalhein was working did not easily forgive failure, he was likely to get a rap on the knuckles when he returned to his masters empty-handed”. A shore party from the frigate could find no sign of them. “Nor could the body of the trouble-making negro be found, although a search was made for it. Biggles had reported the man’s death, as he was bound to. Nobody bothered much about this. As someone observed, it was time this swaggering Napoleon meet his Waterloo”. Ginger presented his egg to Evans and Biggles requested the Governor of the Bahamas to see that the flamingo colony was properly protected, and at Biggles’s suggestion, Susannah, as wife of the previous guardian, was appointed to the post. Algy, much to his disgust had to spend a fortnight in hospital. He was never in serious danger from his wound, but for the rest of his days he will carry a souvenir, in the form of a scar to remind him of his visit to the Isles of Reef and Palm.

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