---Alternatively,they might decede thr arrangement was solid and pay up.Either way ,they wanted a clear sign from Dadgar that he was bribeable.
---The Mehdi initeative came to nothing
---Howell was not sure what to make of all this.Had there been nothing in it right from the start?Or had EDS's caution frightend Dadgar into dropping a demand for a bribe?He would never know.