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"Yes, thank you That will be all"
Thefarther inside, the president glanced around the boxy room
"Extraordinary" She directed her eyes at Lucius "They say you never leave"
"I don’t see a reason to"
"But what can you possibly do all day?"
Lucius offered a s"
"Thinking," the president repeated "About what?"
"Just thinking Having hts"
The president lowered herself into the chair Lucius followed her lead, sitting on the edge of the cot, so that the tere face-to-face
"The first thing to say is that I’m not here That’s official Unofficially, I will tell you that I am here to seek your help on a matter of crucial importance You have been the subject ofon your discretion No one is to know about our conversation Is that clear?"
"All right"
She opened the portfolio, withdrew a yellowed sheet of paper, and handed it to Lucius
"Do you recognize this?"
A map, drawn in charcoal: the line of a river, and a hastily sketched road, and dotted lines es of a compound Not just a compound: an entire city
"Where did you find it?" asked Lucius
"That’s not important Do you know it?"
"I should"
"Why?"
"Because I drew it"
His answer had been expected; Lucius discerned it in the woman’s face
"To answer your question, it was in General Vorhees’s personal files at Coure out who else had been with hi recruit named Tifty Lamont"
Tifty How h, of course, everybody in Kerrville knew of Tifty Lae of sadness for his lost friend, killed when the Roswell Garrison had been overrun, five years ago
"This place on the ain?"
"I don’t know It was a long tio"
"Have you ever told anyone about this?"
"When we reported it to Command, ere told in no uncertain terms not to speak about it"
"Do you reinated?"
Lucius shook his head "I never knew Crukshank was the officer in charge of the detail, and Vorhees was second Tifty was the S2"
"Why Tifty?"
"In my experience, nobody could track like Tifty Laain at the ster Tifty Lamont, head of the trade, the most wanted criminal in the city
"How many people do you think were there?"