Victorian Tales 25 - High Treason

PROFESSOR GIORGIU, AFTER THE BRITISH DESTROYED HIS "ARIETE", THE FORMIDABLE WEAPON HE COPIED FROM LEONARDO DA VINCI, WENT TO VIENNA TO TRY TO CONTACT THE ILLUMINATI.TO REBUILD THE "ARIETE" HE NEEDED A COMPONENT ONLY PRODUCED BY THE GERMAN ARMY. OPHELIA AND HER MOTHER WERE IN A SHOW, WHERE PROFESSOR GIORGIU APPEALED OPENLY TO THE ILLUMINATI. SHE CABLED SIDNEY OREBAR, THE HEAD OF THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICES, AND MARION SHUSTER, THE GERMAN FIELD AGENT.BUT PROFESSOR GIORGIU DID MANAGE TO INTEREST THE ILLUMINATI, WHO SENT HIM, WITH LAURA, TO BERLIN WITH THE AIM TO BRIBE BARON KLEIST, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF THE COMPONENT.THE DEAL WAS MADE AND THE DELIVERY OF THE MATERIAL WAS SET TO TAKEN PLACE IN PASSAU.BUT SIDNEY, HIS GIRL FRIEND MOIRA, CROW, AND THE GERMAN SECRET AGENTS, VON KULOV AND MARION SHUSTER WERE THERE...