Skyfall [antikvár]

SKYFALLThe airplane was about half full, and the flightattendants in the back were just finishing thedinner service. Soon the coach-class moviewould begin, with probably half the pas-sengers watching the movie and the otherhalf falling asleep. Jennings glanced at hiswristwatch: it was one-ten in the morning,Los Angeles time, yet he wasn't sleepy in theslightest. He dropped the curtain, turnedtoward the lavatory, then opened the doorand stepped inside."God Almighty " What he saw in thelavatory's wash basin caused him to back up,startled, against the bulkhead wall.A homemade bomb lay cradled in the stain-less steel sink bowl, the sticks of explosiveswired to a small central box wedged betweenthem, the strips of wires held together bywrappings of black tape, which fastened theassembly where it lay. Above the bomb,against the mirror, was a note. The note wascomposed of words and letters cut frommagazines and pasted on a sheet of paper.While Ron Jennings ran his eyes over thenote again and again, the bile rose up in hisstomach and he could feel the rapidheartbeats as they filled his chest.