To Ellie’s surprise, she and Mick aren’t brought to a police station but rather to what appears to be a private residence. Almost before she knows what’s happened, her hands are pulled behind her back and she and her uncle are in handcuffs.
As the two leave the house as stealthily as they entered, Ellie feels a change in the air. Mick naturally has no trouble opening the safe at the site of their latest job, and reaching inside he takes out various pieces of jewelry. As always, she’s in awe of her uncle’s ability to master any safe’s combination, and she feels that “watching Uncle Mick open a safe was like watching an artist paint a picture or a violinist play a complicated piece of music.” Or it may be a product of nurture, growing up in his household and being taken on jobs with him for years.Įither way, Ellie as she is known, has a talent that, strangely enough, brings her to the attention of the authorities during the dark days of the Second World War.Įllie and Mick are consistently cautious when they decide to do a job, but this time, despite their care, Ellie has an uncomfortable feeling that she can’t shake. Is it nature or nurture that has made Electra McDonnell an expert safecracker? Her ability to bypass the most sophisticated locks may be a product of nature since she is the niece of master cracksman Mick McDonnell.
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