Manuel Barreiros

Victorian Tales 15 - The Importance of Being Ophelia. Manuel Barreiros

SIDNEY OREBAR, THE BEST BRITISH SECRET AGENT, RECEIVES FROM A FRIEND OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE, WHILE HE WAS WATCHING THE NEW PLAY OF OSCAR WILDE "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST", A GREEK PLATE WITH THE NAME OPHELIA. OPHELIA IN ANCIENT GREEK MEANS "HELP". BETTER EXAMINING THE PLATE, SIDNEY DISCOVERED THE FLAG OF THE MAHDI AND THE NAME OF MARION, THE GERMAN SECRET AGENT. SO HE CONCLUDED THAT THE MAHDI WAS PREPARED TO ATTACK EGYPT AGAIN. IN CAIRO SIDNEY, MOIRA HUNTER AND SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, THE HEAD OF BRITISH SECRET SERVICE, DISCOVERED THAT THE KAYSER WAS GOING TO SUPPLY WEAPONS AND AMMUNITIONS TO THE MAHDI. THIS WAS TOLD TO THEM BY MARION, WHAT EXPLAINS THE DISTRESS MESSAGE IN THE GREEK PLATE. THE MAHDI MEN MADE EXPLODE THE EGYPTIAN DEPOT WHERE MACHINE GUNS AND MORTARS WERE STORED, DESTROYING THE FIGHTING CAPACITY OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY. A TURKISH COLONEL WHO WORKED FOR THE KHEDIVE PASSED THE INFORMATION TO THE MAHDI AVOUT THE LOCATION OF THE DEPOT AND MARION TOLD SIDNEY THAT HE WAS ALSO WORKING WITH MAHDI. MARION WAS ARRESTED BY THE MAHDI MEN AND SIDNEY WAS ABLE TO RESCUE HER. THE THREAT TO CAIRO WAS REAL BUT SIDNEY AND MOIRA WERE ABLE TO PREVENT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY. ANOTHER BIG ADVENTURE.