@@@@@“There is very little you don’t
@@@@@“There is very little you don’t knowThat
connection’s very quietWhat does DeSole say?”
“Nothing, we can’t touch him,” replied Jason, suddenly, frantically reaching for a credible
answerHe had been David Webb too long! Conklin was right; he wasn’t thinking fast enough
Then the words came part of the truth, a dangerous part, but credible, and he could not lose
credibility“He thinks he’s being watched and we’re to stay away from him, no contact whatsoever
until he says otherwise
“What happened?” The chairman gripped his glass, his eyes rigid, bulging
“Someone in the cellars learned that Teagarten in Brussels has an access fax code directly to
DeSole bypassing routine confidential traffic
“Stupid goddamned soldier boys!” spat out Armbruster“Give ’em gold braid and they prance
around like debutantes and want every new toy in town! Faxes, access codes! Jesus, he probably
punched the wrong numbers and got the NAACP
“DeSole says he’s building a cover and can handle it, but it’s no time for him to go around
asking questions, especially in this areaHe’ll check quietly on everything he can, and if he learns
something he’ll reach us, but we’re not to reach him
“Wouldn’t you know it’d be a lousy soldier boy who puts us out on a limb? If it wasn’t for that
jackass with his access code, we wouldn’t have a problemEverything would be taken care of
“But he does exist, and the problem—the crisis—won’t go away,” said Bourne flatly“I repeat,
we have to cover ourselvesSome of us will have to leave—disappear at least for a whileFor the
good of all of us
The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission leaned back in the booth, his expression
pensively disagreeable“Yeah, well let me tell you something, Simon, or whatever your name is
You’re checking out the wrong peopleWe’re businessmen, some of us rich enough or egotistical
enough or for other reasons willing to work for government pay, but first we’re businessmen with
investments all over the placeWe’re also appointed, not elected, and that means nobody expects
full financial disclosures