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"The truck will be along shortly, as soon as the dock crew unloads a shipment from the States"

The innocent-sounding conversation was contrived to throw off anyone who happened to be tuned to the sa the Prime Minister's plane was second in tine for takeoff behind an Aer jet

"Okay, Dispatch Let me knohen the truck leaves the dock"

Personally, Gly felt no hatred toward Charles Sarveux To him the Prime Minister was only a name in the newspapers Gly was not even Canadian

He was born in Flagstaff, Arizona, the result of a drunken coupling between a professional wrestler and a county sheriffs teenage daughter His childhood was a nightrandfather In order to survive, Gly beca and hard The day came when he beat the sheriff to death and fled the state After that it had always been a fight to stay alive He began by rolling drunks in Denver, led a ring of auto thieves in Los Angeles, hijacked gasoline tank trucks in Texas

Gly did not look upon himself as a mere assassin He preferred to be called a coordinator He was the man as called in when all others failed, a leader of specialists; he had a reputation for cold-blooded efficiency

On the observation platform, Moran inched his face as close as he dared to thebefore his breath fogged the glass Sarveux's aircraft appeared to be dissolving into the falling snow on the taxi lane leading to the start of the runway "Field Foreman"

"Yes, Dispatcher"

"Sorry, but I cannot see ive you an exact time for the pipe arrival"

"Understood," Gly answered "Check with me after lunch"

Moran did not acknowledge He took the escalator down to the main lobby and walked outside, where he hailed a cab In the back seat he allowed hih appointovernment he should demand for his services

On the golf course, Gly turned to the ainst the sighting lenses as each kneeled on one knee in the snow

"One et," he cautioned them

Nearly five ines roaring in the distance as they strained to lift their burden off the snowy asphalt His eyes tried to penetrate the white wall in anticipation of seeing the red-and-blue insignia of the American airliner flash into view

Too late, it dawned on hi to heads of state took preference over coht of the fah the blanket of snow