Twin shocks buffeted the Jade and McAllister in close succession then. The green roan's shoulder sent the man spinning over the wheel of the caisson, ...nd the blunt head of the free-falling mace collided with McAllister's shoulder.Startled, the draft horses bolted forward a few steps, pulling the caisson away from the fat man gasping for air. Karsu lay on his back in the dust of the road before the West Gate of Marcelon, in the roughly circular space before the two troops of men.Savonne and his. “No word from Natasha?” He asked.“She hasn’t used the credit card you’ve given her,” Giselle said.“No, she wouldn’t.” He sighed. “She’s had a history of going on her walkabouts and knows how we found her before.”“I will see you soon,” Giselle said.“If you have the opportunity, make yourself indispensable to our Mr MacKay.”“I will sir.” Giselle hung up and frowned. She considered contacting Owen, but felt she had better wait until she was well rested and prepared to overwhelm him.Elizabeth hung. The pragmatists in the inner circle had all been purged by the Gestapo by the war’s end unless they were lucky enough to escape to some other neutral country.The title of this chapter is “Germany and Italy Invade Vichy France”. That is a bit of a mischaracterization due to the fact that Italy at this point was more driven by the “Spoils of War” motivation than any idealistic call to action in support of the Third Reich.The incursion of Italy inside the borders of Vichy France was almost. Neil was simultaneously uploading his program into the brains of 50 darts, while making sure that none of the techs could see him as he typed in the program code from his keyboard."This ought to keep them happy for a while." Neil smiled at the techs that had to stay away from him while he typed in the program code. "Stupid little fuckers, they don't have a clue!" Neil smirked at them as they waited across the room.On the morning of his 3rd week Neil took a transducer the size of a watch battery.