Chapter 14Herbert had not even reached his chair on the terrace when Millicent’s impatient query was out of her mouth. “Well..., what did the man say?” Herbert smiled and sat down. He poured himself another cup of tea and adjusted his behind in the chair. “Are you going to say something?” Millicent asked.
“The man is actually a woman...”
Millicent raised an eyebrow. “A woman? I distinctly remember you mentioning him, not her, when you went in to ring the man! And what would any woman want with ASIS? Is she one of these martial arts fanatics that kill people just because she doesn’t like them? Or maybe she is some old-timer who spent forty years behind her desk and knows nothing else?”
“My dear Milly, how critical of you!” Herbert chuckled. “I always knew you had some envious streak in
