BIGGLES SEES TOO MUCH

by Captain W. E. Johns

15. COLE MAKES A SUGGESTION (Pages 134 – 140)

Cole asks Biggles where he wants to go and Biggles says Polcarron. Cole says fair weather is on its way and he says “I imagine you don’t want these crooks to get away with it”. “I certainly do not” says Biggles. Cole suggests that rather than go all the way back to Cornwall, they could go to Jersey and wait there, if they plan to return to the island. Bertie says there is an airport on Jersey and they can ring back to Morven and tell the boys to bring the Auster over. “There’s a brace of pistols in the locker”. “We ought to let the Air Commodore know we’re not coming back tonight,” Biggles said. Bertie says Algy can be told to contact him. They arrive at Jersey and Biggles and Bertie take a taxi for the airport. They get Ginger on the phone and he explains that the aircraft isn’t there. Algy has flown the Air Commodore back to London. Ginger will tell Algy to fly out to Jersey when he returns. Biggles and Bertie have to wait until it is nearly dark before the Auster arrives. Algy explains that the Air Commodore had driven Biggles car to Morven and that Algy then flew him to Gatwick. Raymond was going to leave it to Biggles to finish the job the best he could. He would send Inspector Gaskin down with a search warrant to go through Brunner’s house at Penlock. Biggles asks Ginger to get the pistols from the Auster as he doesn’t want to forget them. Biggles says he will spend the night at the airport and meet them on the quay at St. Helier at five o’clock in the morning. The rest can taxi into town to find beds. Bertie says he will stay with Biggles. Biggles bemoans his memory. “If I hadn’t recognised Limpy Logan on the quay at Polcarron, I might at this moment have been snug in my own little bed”.