[Inspector Pekkala 04] • The Red Moth by Eastland, Sam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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A thousand feet above the Russian front It was late at night. Outside Pekkala’s apartment Earlier that day As the Emka rolled beneath the archway Although the Museum of the Kremlin ‘Who is this man, Inspector?’ Years ago, when Pekkala first started How exactly did you As they walked across the courtyard Exhausted from his run The door to Pekkala’s office burst open It was after dark The Emka skidded Rifleman Stefanov breathed in sharply On the ride back to Moscow Now Pekkala settled As moonlight glinted Kirov and Pekkala Having crossed While Pekkala reported ‘Oh, it’s you again,’ Late that August afternoon Later that day In the Tsar’s Secret Service ‘Comrade Stalin,’ said Pekkala Before going to see Kovalevsky At that same moment Walking up a flight By the time their request Pekkala arrived In the course With no idea how far he had to go It was the middle of the night Lieutenant Churikova The sun was not yet up Rather than return After a three-hour flight That morning ‘Stefanov!’ Kirov paced back and forth Having left behind the town By the time Kirov Pekkala watched People’s Commissar Bakhturin With the fires Following the instructions Under the jaundiced eye Kirov stood at attention ‘Engel!’ Wearily, Kirov trudged We’re too late ‘Not again!’ With their nerves beginning to fray On Stalin’s desk ‘What treasure?’ An hour later In a tiny, windowless room Kirov sat in his office Less than an hour One week later

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