Colonel Rango was not merely embarrassed; he was humiliated.
Because he was so tall, he stood in the way of the Queen. To get a clear shot of her, the photographer had been forced to elevate his camera position, resulting in a photograph where the 190cm-tall colonel looked barely 1.7 meters tall, with his bald patch clearly exposed on top.
Colonel Rango was even more furious—and regretful—regarding that stubborn man, Huo Qi. Long ago, Sir James had suggested that Huo Qi was a liability and should be dealt with, but Colonel Rango, holding to the principles of a soldier, had deemed assassination dishonorable and refused to authorize it. Otherwise, Bob—Huo Qi’s close partner in the Flying Tigers and a covert operative for MI6—would have long since disposed of him. Huo Qi was still alive and standing there today solely because of Colonel Rango’s misplaced mercy.
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