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"You found it," she stated straight from the shoulder

"We can't be sure yet," Pitt cautioned

"But our test saent S," she protested

"Disappointment comes easy," said Pitt "I never count my chickens till the check clears the bank"

Further conversation broke off as Giordino stood back and snuffed out the cutting torch He handed it to Dover and picked up his trusty pry bar

"Stand back," he ordered "This thing is red hot and it's damned heavy"

He hooked one end of the bar into the jagged, glowing sealy, the steel plate twisted away fro and spray of molten metal

A hush fell over the dark coht and leaned carefully through the opening, staying clear of the superheated edges He probed the bea it around in a 180-degree arc

It seehtened and faced the bizarrely clad, faceless figures pressing against him

"Well?" Mendoza demanded anxiously

Pitt answered with one word: "Eureka!"

Four THOUSAND Miles and five hours ahead in a different time zone, the Soviet representative to the World Health Asse elaborate about his office in the Secretariat building of the United Nations; the furnishings were cheap and Spartan Instead of the usual photographs of Russian leaders, living and dead, the only piece of wall decor was a small amateurish watercolor of a house in the country

The light blinked and a soft chime emitted from his private phone line He stared at it suspiciously for a longup the receiver

"This is Lugovoy"

"Who?"