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?corporation,? which he preferred to call it, as opposed to what he did for the Company, might even
be considered benevolentProfits, after all, were more desirable than bombs and his
grandchildren would go to the finest schools and universities in the countryTwo men got out of
the limousine and approached him
?What?s this Webb look like?? asked Albert Armbruster, chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission, as they walked along the edge of the parking lot
?I only have a description from the gardener, who was hiding behind a fence thirty feet away
?What did he tell you?? The unidentified associate of the chairman, a short stocky man with
penetrating dark eyes and dark eyebrows beneath dark hair, looked at DeSole?Be precise,? he
added
?Now, just a minute,? protested the analyst defensively but firmly?I?m precise in everything I
say, and, frankly, whoever you are, I don?t like the tone of your voice one bit
?He?s upset,? said Armbruster, as if his associate was dismissible?He?s a spaghetti head from
New York and doesn?t trust anybody
?Who?s to trust in New Yawk?? asked the short, dark man, laughing and poking his elbow into
the wide girth of Albert Armbruster?You WASPs are the worst, you got the banks, amico!?
?Let?s keep it that way and out of the courtsThe description, please?? The chairman looked
at DeSole
?It?s incomplete, but there is a long-ago tie-in with Medusa that I?ll describe?precisely
?Go ahead, pal,? said the man from New York
?He?s rather large?tall, that is?and in his late forties or early fifties and??
?Has he got some gray around his temples?? asked Armbruster, interrupting
?Well, yes, I think the gardener said something to that effect?graying, or gray in his hair, or
something like thatIt?s obviously why he judged him to be in his forties or fifties
?It?s Simon,? said Armbruster, looking at the New Yorker
?Who?? DeSole stopped, as the other two stopped and looked at him
?He called himself Simon, and he knew all about you, MrCIA,? said the chairman?About you
and Brussels and our whole thi
