A Spy Among Friends

Let us start with a brief introduction to the matter at hand. Nicholas Elliot and Kim Philby have been best friends for over 20 years and have also been ...

Because the difference in perception between the man he wanted Kim to be and the man he was, was too great. He had come to return the umbrella that Kim had given him many years ago, as closure to their friendship. He is called before a council, which demands to know the answers to the questions we have asked before. It is a lot of people walking around in silence and talking in an obscure manner that might have made sense in the spy world but is proving to be insufferable for the audience watching it. When you don’t know everything about the person you love the most in the world, you believe that there might still be a reason for them to not want to be with you. He even admits that Kim had said something about Tony Blunt, and should that prove to be a lie, his goose is cooked. He saw that in Kim and knew that he wanted to be his friend. And if that were the case, it would hint that the double association is continuing, but this time in favor of the SIS. He says that he had “simply not believed that Kim would leave as he had been offered complete immunity and secrecy, along with a nice little retirement with his family, in exchange for the confession.” Apparently, even Nick was surprised that Kim had chosen the Russians over such a great deal. Nick says that even after such a nerve-wracking incident, Kim seemed unbothered and went on to ask for a drink from the bartender, of course, after checking that all his limbs were intact. With these new facts, Nick was convinced that his friend was innocent after all, and any suspicions that Aileen had were just due to the nature of Kim’s job. That would also decide who would be the one to interrogate Kim and bring him back.