Chapter one.- AN INTERESTING WOMAN Malcolm Jaggard a secret agent, meets Dr. Penelope (Penny) Ashton, he falls in love for her. He starts a relationship with her, and things go quite well. So he meets her family. Gillian Ashton, a sweet religious woman, and Mr. Ashton, Penny’s father. Who is a fifty years old full of energy. However he has a bad impression for Benson, the servant.
Vocabulary: River Thames: Río Támesis Dive: Bucear Party: fiesta To hurry: Apurarse Shake: Sacudir Research: Investigar
Chapter two.- ACID IN THE EYES Penny is busy, and she can’t get together with Malcolm. But he still goes to Ashton’s residence
to spend some time with Mr. Ashton. Then a tragedy happens. Gillian is attacked by someone. She screams in the floor, because someone has thrown acid on her eyes. She gets medical help, and police starts the investigation. Malcolm gets g ets many questions by the police agents, but also from Mr. Ashton, who wants him to marry Penny and send send them to Australia… hahaha what a crazy guy!
Vocabulary:
Corner: esquina Lying: Yaciendo Guest: Huésped Busy: Ocupado Boring: Aburrido Scream: Grito
Chapter three.- THE MYSTERIUS GEORGE ASHTON
Malcolm begins to investigate something about Mr. Ashton. When he looks for some information in the secret service computer he is surprised that he is a top secret subject there. Ogilvie, Malcolm’s boss catches him l ooking for that information and show interest in the
connection of his agent with Mr. Ashton. They start talking about all the problems after Gillian’s attack. Malcolm gets assigned to investigate the Ashton family.
Vocabulary: Screen: Pantalla Empty: Vacío Rub: frotar Ought: deber Old-fashioned: Ortodoxo
Chapter four.- FAMILY PROBLEMS Gillian is very sick at the hospital, and the investigation of the attacker keeps going. Penelope and Mr. Ashton are devastated. Penny turns to Malcolm as company through this this hard times. After the big push from Mr. Ashton. Malcolm decides to ask Penny to marry him. And she says YES!
Vocabulary: Coach: Entrenador Pale: Pálido Blind: Ciego Few: pocos Buglars: Ladrones Jealous: Celoso
Chapter five. - ASHTON DISAPEARS In chapter five, Malcolm, our narrator is carrying out the plan to protect the “Ashton family”. His requirements are high, something that O gilvie, his coworker doesn’t agree.
Finally Malcolm tells Ogilvie some details about the operation, and receives the order of “don’t do anything without informing him”.
Also he complains to Larry about, the lack of information about the case. And the strange interest of important guys about the matter.
Inspector Honnister get a clue, someone saw the car model. Malcolm at last discover that Ashton ran away last night, leaving two letter behind, one for Penny and one for him. Malcolm’s letter seems express Ashton’s wish to stay away from the family.
Vocabulary Gun: arma, rifle, fusil Tape-recording: Grabación (en cinta) Request: solicitud What this business is all about? (expresión) “¿de que se trata todo esto? ” Glance: Mirar Puzzled: perplejo Swear: Decir palabrotas (Obsenidades) Sharply: bruscamente Envelope: sobre Sake: causa
Chapter six. - A BAD SON IN LAW? Ogilvie and Malcolm tries to comprehend the letter’s meaning. This time he suggest Malcolm
to tell Penny about his secret job as spy. At her home, he gives her the letter, and tells her about his job. She gets angry and shows distrust in him. After discussing, Malcolm searches the house for information, and Penny gets upset about her room also searched. They discuss about the strange Benson, and find a secret room, and a model railway very big and complicated.
Vocabulary: Get away from: Alejarse de Take someone away from: alejar de Bloody: (jerga) usado para expresar enojo : pinche, jodidamente Blame: culpar Look forward to: esperar, desear (pensar en el futuro)
Trouble: Problema You’d better: “Más te vale”, “Sería mejor”, Convendría
Quite: (intensificador) Sudden: repentina Hesitate: dudar Disbelief: Incredulidad Flashing: Parpadeantes Icily: fríamente Quarrel: riña
Capítulo 7.- ASHTON AND THE RUSSIAN SCIENTIST Still working in the case, Ogilvie informs Malcolm that some people wants take the case from them. Malcolm gets frustrated because the purple information level is i s forbidden for him. And menaces with resign. So Ogilvie gets him access to “Level black”, where he can learn
something about the mysterious Mr. George Ashton. A shton. Mr. Ashton is a box full of surprises, it includes be scientist, physicist. A badass guy working with nuclear weapons and guns. But he decides to fake his death and escape to England. Where he is up to resume his life, nevertheless, always with some distress from English government pressures to share information from his past work . Malcolm likes even more his future father in law, and learns that agent Cregar, the guy who wants take the case from him. He is the one who helped Ashton to escape from his past. So now, Malcolm and Ogilvie are going to open the locked “strong room”. And Cregar wants to be there to see, but they don’t let him come. And tadaaaaa!!! The door opens and there is nothing. Ogilvie is shocked. At last, Ogilvie warns Malcolm to be careful with Cregar.
Vocabulary: Tempers: (estar de buen humor o mal humor) genio Frightened: asustado Deal: tratar Hurry: Apuro Drumming my fingers on the desk: golpeando los dedos en la mesa. Make up my mind: “He decidido”
Nod: asentir con la cabeza Hell of man: (similar a badass) un tipo super!! Keep up to date: Actualizar(se) Annoyed: Molesto Go off: marcharse Pity: pena Chapter eight. - THE MAN WHO THREW THE ACID Malcolm have no news for Penny, but there are good news for Gillian, probably she could still have one eye working. The railway clue seems to lead nowhere. But two weeks later, there is a suspect. A man who rented a car, but returned it with acid spilt on the back seat. Mayberry, the suspect looks like an inoffensive i noffensive church goer, who is calmed and deep religious. But after mentioning the acid, the car, and menacing him with compare fingerprints (that there weren’t), he get nervous, and gets trapped.
Mayberry was a religious fanatic who though the work in genetics from Dr. Penelope Ashton, was a blasphemy, and tried to harass her… but en ded throwing acid of her sister, a church goer like him. He can’t stand the thing he has done, so breaks down in tears, and screams. Malcolm and crew think he’s nuts.
Vocabulary: Chance: oportunidad Sight: vista Go wrong: equivocarse Afterwards: después Spilt: derramar Flat: departamento Tidy: pulcro Shelf: estante Hand over: entregar Change someone’s mind: hacerle cambiar de opinión a alguien
Burst into: irrumpir
Chapter nine.- LORD CREGAR AGAIN Gillian is getting better. Penny and Malcolm relationship is better also. There has not been progress in the search for Mr. Ashton till now. After catching the attacker, Malcolm brings the news to his fiancée at the university . She’s devastated, and feels guilty because she was the target, not her sister. Malcolm comforts her. her. Then he talks to her boss about the the matter, but gets no clue about the connection between the attacker and Mr. Ashton. However, Penny tells Malcolm that Cregar has been around Penny’s boss before the attack.
Vocabulary: Mad: desquiciado Frown: fruncir el ceño Carry on: continuar Isolate: aislar Upset: molesto Although: aunque Neither: ninguno
Chapter ten.- TRAGEDY ON SWEDEN Finally someone has seen our folks in Stockholm, and Malcolm wants to tell Ashton that the secret service has everything safe for bringing him back, but Ogilvie knows it will frighten him badly, to know he has been watched even after thirty years. Operations abroad in Sweden are set off. Malcolm’s crew are watching them for four weeks.
Until they discover that Russians are also after this guy. A mystery is still for Malcolm the reasons why he ran away, and also... Why is the British secret service still after this, when he is out of any matter of interest. Malcolm makes up a plan to make Ashton run from the Russians without knowing, the British service is still after him. A guy called Larry stalks Ashton, speaking with Russian accent, and following him from place to place. Ashton is scared as hell. So he and his servant go from place to place. At last they go into the forest where there was an army shooting range. Malcolm fears that Ashton A shton could get killed. So he disobeys the order of stay incognito and breaks into the danger zone. Nevertheless Ashton gets shot, and dies, handing Malcolm a strange clue in a paper. A railway schedule. The strange thing here is that Ashton was shot by his own servant. Who is also dead now. There’s a big mess for the police. So the British crew get deported. And news report it all as an
accident.
Vocabulary Heavy coat: Un abrigo pesado Fur: Cuero Stockholm: Estocolmo Frighten: asustar Allow: permitir Arrange: Ordenar Bookshop: Tienda de libros Duty: Deber Wonder: Preguntarse Complain: Quejar Pointing: Señalando Deceive: Engañar Afford: poder costear Growl: gruñido
Chapter eleven.- MORE MYSTERIES AND NEW DANGERS. Back in England, Lord Cregar judges severely Malcolm. However Ogilvie wants Malcolm to stay still in the case. Ogilvie wants to take advantage of Malcolm’s relationship with Penny. Also another agent “Mr. Peter Michaelis” begins to get along very well with Gillian Ashton. Malcolm meets Penny at her home. She is pleased of having him there. He has to lie about some of the facts in his travel to Sweden. Penny also has some news. She is giving some advice for the building of a very dangerous laboratory in Scotland. There are 4 levels of danger, and research’s level is 4 but budget is for a three. After all politicians and money are who decide.
Vocabulary
Arrival: Llegada Slightly: Ligeramente Strange: Extraño Embarrassed: Avergonzado Deliberately: Deliberadamente Throughout: A lo largo de
Shock: Conmoción Trick: Truco Enough: Suficiente Damage: Daño Find out: Investigar Owe: Deber (verbo) Upstairs: Arriba (escaleras) Thick: Grueso Timetable: Horario Grateful: Agradecido
Chapter twelve.- THE SECRET COMPUTER Malcolm finds out something about the servant who shot Ashton, Mr. Benson. He is i s another agent in a fake name. Ashton’s house is going to be sold. And in the auction being held, Malcolm get a clue cl ue from Michaelis, when he tells him, there is something weird with the timetables of the model railway. Malcolm remembers the piece of paper that Ashton handed him before dying. But it is late. The model railway is going to to be sold. So he enters the auction spending 31000 pounds, a lot of money from the british secret service department. department. Ogilvie is mad about it.
Vocabulary
Beginning: Inicio Amazement: Asombro Discover: Descubrir Complain: Quejar Keen: Afilado Heart attack: Ataque Cardiaco Lay: Yacer Auctioneer: Persona que dirige la subasta Letter: Carta Borrow: Tomar prestado
Signature: Firma
Chapter thirteen.- ASHTON’S WORK AND BENSON SECRET Gillian’s face is getting much better. Penny is back in England after her travelling around
America. She tells Malcolm how she got many ideas about genetics projects. Her father gave her. A man who never made experiments in genetics, but but learned it all by himself by reading Penny’s books and notes. Experts are working at the model railway system, system, and yep, it was a computer… so it seems it
was worth all that money. Ogilvie wants to learn more about Ashton collaboration in Penny’s work. Malcolm feels Ogilvie is not honest with him in his pretentions. Malcolm visit Penny at the university, where he meets with a harsh treat by Lord Cregar. After that he stays till morning at Penny’s flat.
Lord Cregar keeps trying to get the c ase, Penny’s at Scotland’s Lab, and a key clue is discovered. Benson the servant, was a man working for Cregar.
Vocabulary Harmless: inofensivo Clever: Listo Research: Investigación Development: desarrollo Risky: Riesgoso Flat: Departamento Towards: Hacia Persuade: Persuadir Silk: Seda Hesitate: Dudar
Chapter fourteen.- TROUBLE IN SCOTLAND Malcolm intends to contact Penny and her whereabouts in Scotland. He calls asking for her frequently, but get’s no answer. He decides look for her himself. He arrives at Scotland. and keeps calling. This time, they lie about her. So he decides go through brave seas and enter that lab, in search for Penny. A guy, Dr. Carter is in the laboratory, with Lord Cregar. Cregar wants Malcolm dead, but Malcolm has some useful information to blackmail him. Ogilvie know that Cregar sent Benson. Malcolm gets locked in a room, but after is allowed to see a ill Penny, who’s been denied of medical help, to cover the bad arrangement for a dangerous laboratory.
Then they hear that an angry mob is landing there, because neighbors don’t like dangerous labs around. Malcolm attacks Lord Cregar breaking some of the lab’s dangerous stuff. He runs outside,
leaving Lord Cregar inside.
Vocabulary: Scot: Escocés Fishing village: Aldea de Pescadores Weapons: armas Poison: Envenenar Fierce: fiero Expect: Esperar Pocket: bolsillo Aproach: Aproximarse Rough: Áspero Sharp: Filoso Shore: costa, orilla Drown: ahogarse Top Secret: ultra-secreto Airlock: burbuja de aire Fault: falla
Chapter fifteen.- BIOLOGICAL DISASTER After the lab’s mess, Malcolm warns the scots to stay away from the t he dangerous zone, and asks them to capture the lab’s crew. He also asks for help to Ogilvie. That Angry mob wants to get
rid of Cregar, but Malcolm Mal colm stops them. Finally Cregar reveals everything about his secrets and dirty deals. His motivation was “A man must do something something important in his life, something that people will remember”. Finally everybody is evacuated from t here in an helicopter.
Vocabulary: Nod: asentir con la cabesa
Release: liberar Man-made: hecho por el hombre Gasp: Jadear Hidden: oculto Toy: juguete Deathbed: Lecho de muerte Misunderstanding: Mal entendido Envelopes: Envolturas
Chapter sixteen.- MY NEW JOB Penny is getting better, the model railway computer has been analyzed successfully and the rumors proved that Mr. Ashton was a genius were real. He has made amazing discoveries. The minister wants to keep this information secret. Malcolm is upset about it. Then Malcolm is offered to be the head chief in few years. But he is sick of all the lies and dirty cheats in the secret service.
Vocabulary: Cage: Jaula Keep away: mantener lejos Bluntly: Francamente
Chapter seventeen.- THE FUTURE Penny and Gillian are better now. The two sisters and two agents wants to get married. Lord Cregar is dead. But Malcolm has got a terminal cancer. Penny still wants to get married but Malcolm doesn’t. Instead of he asks her to join him in the last resort in a calm place in Ireland. He is happy of his last nine months with her. She also helped him to write this book to show a complain about all those t hose shitty things governments do.
Vocabulary: Sigh: Suspirar Kind: amable Relieved: aliviado Waves: Olas
Take care: cuidar Own: propio Upset: Molesto Discoveries: descubrimientos Sake: motivo
