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"Where'd you find a weapon?"

"I borrowed it from him" Pitt motioned to the mummy that was Clement Massey

"The treaty?" Giordino asked anxiously

Pitt slipped a large piece of paper froes of his newspaper and held it in front of the dive light

"The North American Treaty," he announced "Except for a charred hole between paragraphs, it's as readable as the day it was signed

In an anteroom of the Canadian Senate chamber, the President of the United States nervously paced the carpet, his face betraying a deep sense of apprehensiveness Alan Mercier and Harrison Moon entered and stood silently "Any word?" asked the President

Mercier shook his head "None"

Moon looked strained and gaunt "Ade indicates that Pitt may have drowned inside the quarry"

The President gripped Mercier's shoulder as if to take strength froht to expect the impossible"

"The stakes orth the gamble," said Mercier

The President could not shake the heavy dread in his gut "Any excuse for failure has a hollow ring"

Secretary of State Oates cah the door "The Prime Minister and the Governor-General have arrived in the Senate cha"

The President's eyes were sick with defeat "It seeentlemen, for us as well as for the United States"

The 291-foot Peace Tower forrew larger through the windshield of a Scinletti VTOL aircraft as it banked toward the Ottawa airport "If we don't get backed up by air traffic," said Jack Westler, "we should land in another five minutes"

"Forget the airport," said Pitt "Set us down on the lawn in front of Parliament"