Chapter 20: Adventure

"Can't you wash them?" Roque couldn't help complaining, it was so dirty and smelly, and he didn't know how the prison guards could stand it.

"There's no need, life is inevitable, and if you don't take them away, they may not have a chance to get out of prison on their own." Fred Sinclair was accustomed to seeing that the British had no patience for the Boers who did not make mistakes, let alone the Boers who had committed crimes.

Roque is going crazy, how is the philosophical phrase "life is inevitable to die" used?

Perhaps hearing that Roque might take them, the four prisoners, who had been like puppets, looked at Roque almost at the same time, their eyes full of pleading, but they still did not dare to speak.

Roque sighed, not in the mood to preach to Fred Sinclair: "I have something I need you to do for me, if you can do it, then you don't have to serve your sentence here, and you can get a reward from me, now, tell me about your decision." ”

The four prisoners looked at each other, then at Fred Sinclair next to him with a frightened look, still not daring to speak.

"I'm sorry sheriff, but I'll need to talk to them separately next." Roque is a man, Fred Sinclair is too powerful in front of these prisoners, and with Fred Sinclair, these prisoners dare not take a stand.

"Okay, call me if you need to." Fred Sinclair was a little disappointed, but he didn't ask, knowing too much was not necessarily a good thing.

Who said that foreigners are ignorant!

"Yes, I do."

"Sir, I'm willing to do anything for you."

"Sir, I don't want a reward, as long as you can take me away, I swear allegiance."

As soon as Fred Sinclair disappeared, the four prisoners immediately scrambled to make a statement, only one of them did not speak, but looking at his eager eyes, he also knew that he was very willing.

"Sir, Zach was cut out by the guards just because he was sleeping and talking in his sleep, he is a good man." One of the prisoners helped explain, and next to Zack opened his mouth, and sure enough, there was no tongue.

Just because he was talking in his sleep, he was going to cut out his tongue, and Roque's first reaction was not pity, but he felt that he could save a lot of money!

It's-

It can only be said that Roque has integrated into this era too quickly.

"Okay, since you're in prison, don't say you're a good person, now, go to the faucet over there and clean up your hygiene, I'll only give you five minutes, and after five minutes, if anyone's hygiene doesn't meet my requirements, then I won't give him a second chance." Roque doesn't talk nonsense, let's take people away quickly, Roque doesn't want to stay here for a minute, this is hell on earth.

Almost as soon as Roque's words fell, the four prisoners quickly rushed to the faucet, rubbing their bodies desperately.

Rock ignored them, asked Fred Sinclair for a few clothes, and then pinched his watch in the yard.

Yes, the pocket watch worth two pounds is now worn on Roque's chest in a grand manner, when he is a patrolman, Roque does not need to wear a pocket watch, it is necessary to be a captain, there is still a need to have a style, Roque even asked the best tailor in Cape Town last night to order two suits, including tuxedos, each worth nine pounds plus fifteen shillings.

The gown consisted of a silk hat worth six shillings, a tie worth three shillings, a silver-encrusted cane worth eight shillings, a shirt worth three shillings and five pence, two pairs of leather boots worth ten shillings, and a suit of eight pounds including trousers, waistcoat, and tuxedo.

Four minutes and thirty seconds later, as soon as Roque finished saying "the last thirty seconds", the four prisoners knelt neatly in front of Roque, just like they had just done.

It's really neat, although they are not clothed, but they also have no hidden movements, this is probably their standard posture, which has penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

"Put on your clothes and come with me." Roque didn't talk nonsense, nor did he forget to thank Fred Sinclair, and left a box of cigars purchased from Cape Town.

Although Fred Sinclair's behavior made Roque despised, but there should still be gratitude, and the sophistication of the world still has to be told, a box of cigars is only a pound, and Roque was reluctant to buy it in the past, just now Roque bought ten boxes in one go on the dock.

Walking out of the prison gate, the four prisoners automatically lined up and followed Roque, waving to the guards on the tower, in exchange for a laugh and scolding, Roque left Robben Island without looking back, if nothing else, Roque will never come back in his life.

Back in Cape Town, Roque did not rush back to the police station, but took the four prisoners to the patrol lounge at the docks.

The patrol lounge is actually a confiscated house, the previous owner was a Boer, because of the crime was shot, the house was confiscated, the patrol officers sometimes take a short break here during the work break, but generally no one will come, the work break, the patrol officers prefer to go to the open bar to sit down.

"I have brought you out so that you can investigate the rebels among the Boers, you can choose whether you want to or not, if you are willing to work for me, then I will pay you properly, if you are not willing to work, then I will send you back to Robben Island, declare in advance, don't think about disobeying you, don't think about running away, you all have families in Cape Town, I will not send people to keep an eye on you, but I will send people to watch your family, if I am not satisfied with you, or if you dare to run away, Then you and your family will be thrown to Robben Island to serve their sentences, and I will do what I say. "Roque coerced and enticed, believing that these prisoners would make the right choice.

"I accept."

"I do, I want to work for you, sir."

"I'm going to investigate right away, and I know people who might be rioters."

The four prisoners immediately spoke, and Zach, who couldn't speak, was nodding desperately, Fred Sinclair was right, if Roque didn't take them, they might not be able to serve the rest of their sentences and leave Robben Island alive, and nothing else mattered compared to life.

"I want their names, as fast as possible, for every important piece of news you provide, I'll pay you a pound, come here and come to me if I don't have it, if I'm not there, just wait for me nearby, remember, my name is Locke, you guys take a pound each first, it's my deposit, don't let me down." Roque is quick to solve the problem, in fact, the best way is to figure it slowly, too hasty may cause the informant to be exposed and put them in danger, but Roque does not have much time, can only cut through the mess quickly.

To be honest, Roque didn't know if they would run away after taking the money, and Roque didn't have enough manpower to keep an eye on their families, so Roque was also taking risks, and Roque had to think of other ways besides these prisoners.