The Linnet's Wings Spring 2015 | Page 78

Spring 2015 4 In the meantime Tuck and Will had helped themselves to fifty trillion. ‘British reckoning’, said Will. ‘It comes to eighteen lovely little zeros after the fifty. Okay, boss?’ ‘Not only that,’ says Spy-Eye. ‘They don’t know. Cos we’ve put virtual figures to the same amount right where the real stuff came from. Even Chestikoff thinks he still has his roubles. Now is that smart or is that smart?’ ‘You’re worth your weight in gold’, quoth Robin. ‘You will have your share, but ninety-nine percent must needs be given to the poor. And this fine lady will help us do it. This is Marion.’ . 5 ‘It’s no good going the politics route,’ said Marion. ‘The politicians’ heads are full of markets, they’re Big Money’s little helpers. Do-it-yourself’s the answer. Set up a charity like War on Want – don’t laugh and given our unique fund-raising system we can work quite unobtrusively. In time they’ll suss us out. Not yet. I’m confident.’ So the Green Sea Turtle Preservation Trust was born. (Its title a red herring.) Staff were hired by Marion and Robin, to make it look legit, all sworn to secrecy, wh