‘Buster’ bursts in through the external door
and takes in the scene at a glance. The Laird is sitting in the doorway having
taken two wounds. Heinrich Heinz has managed to overcome his pin again and has
caused the second wound to Hector. Firing his Bren over Hector’s head, Heinz
comes to a sticky end.
Bothmann is killed as Shughie and McScrotum
race up to the second-floor landing. Gustav Böhm has overcome his pin, left the
balcony and appeared behind McScroutm in the doorway, unnoticed as yet.
Outside the stables, the last Fallschirmjäger
shuffles off this mortal coil, dispatched by Ronnie Biggs and ‘Stinker’.
In the main courtyard, the snipers have lined
up to take care of Sammann and Böhm, but as we have seen, Böhm crawls back into
the inn.
The hapless McAuslan who broke and ran from
the fight is trampled by a flock of maddened sheep who have stampeded. Flock
you, McAuslan!
The ‘rum, bum and baccy’ boys are on a
mission, the nature of which is yet to become clear.
Captain Druce and de Tassigny break out the
grapnels and are trying to lodge them at roof level.
Old Shut-Up takes charge on the ground floor
and prepares to support the assault upstairs.
‘Camp’ Freddie and Miss Spigot (the
housekeeper) are relieved that the commandos are now in possession of the
ground-floor.
The situation as it now stands.
To be continued...
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