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There was silence for a few ears turn in McCouess you could call hilehold"

Villon tensed and then relaxed again "Thank you, superintendent"

"If there is anything else"

"No, you've done rateful"

Villon slowly replaced the receiver He looked into space, focusing on the iarrote The stunned expression of incolihtless

Sarveux's delirious ravings to Danielle suddenly began to make a shred of sense

Sarveux lay in the hospital bed and nodded as Deputy Prime Minister Malcolm Hunt was ushered into his hospital rooood of you to coh with the House of Commons"

Out of habit, Hunt held out his hand, but quickly withdrew it on seeing the salve-coated arms of the Prime Minister

"Pull up a chair and get coraciously "Smoke if you care to"

"The effects of ht lose me the medical vote come next election," Hunt smiled "Thank you, but I'd better pass"

Sarveux caht to the point "I have talked with the director of air safety He assures edy at James Bay was no accident"

Hunt's face whitened suddenly "How can he be positive?"

"A piece of engine cowling was found a half mile beyond the runway," Sarveux explained "Analysis showed fragments embedded in it that round-to-air launcher An inventory at the Val Jalbert Arsenal discovered terewith several warheads"

"Good lord" Hunt's voice trembled "That means all those people on your aircraft were murdered"

"The evidence points in that direction," Sarveux said placidly