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‘Friend’s name?’

‘Lilli Janacek’

They wrote that down too Steve was trying to work out exactly as going on – if she was involved with Gowrie he would know all this stuff, so ere hisher these pretty obvious questions?

‘What does she do?’ they asked

Si, curious and at the sa on? We’ve been waiting for you Shall we pack up or do you want to do an intro to caround?’

Speaking out of the corner of hissaid by the others, Steve muttered, ‘We could do a piece outside later, with the hotel façade behind ives it o with it, get some input on what New York thinks’

Sulkily Simon nodded He was only twenty-five, smooth-skinned, still faintly naive He had only o and was still unsure of himself, but he was touchy about his new status He wanted to be the one who decided when they shot what, but he didn’t dare argue with Steve, who had far more pull with the network

‘See you in the bar,’ Steve told him, and Simon went back into the ballroom

‘You Airl, who shook her head

‘I’m Czech’

That excited hiet her for ‘Have you got your visa and passport on you? How long you been in the States?’

She was still outwardly calm Her face, her voice, had not altered under the pressure of their questions, their hard, suspicious faces She showed them her passport, the visa in it ‘As you see, there is no tiency will give you my details You’ll see their address on this envelope It’s a letter froency Can I have it back, please?’

The short guy reluctantly handed it back

‘Your friend, this Janacek woman – she here on a visa too?’

‘She doesn’t need one – she was born here, in A me