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"Nobody knows that better than me," Mayo adh my hands"

"You're launching a quiet investigation then?"

"I'd turn in h" He looked at his watch "If I leave now, I should be in Washington by noon"

Montrose crouched in front of the TV screen His face had the look of a child who found his tooth still in the glass of water the next"It makes you wonder," he said in a hurt tone, "how many times one of our Presidents used a double to fool the public"

VLADIMIR POLEVOI GLANCED UP from his desk as his chief deputy and nuanization, Sergei Iranov, walked purposefully into the room

"You look as if you've got a hot stake up your ass this , Sera-

"He's escaped," Iranov said tersely

"Who are you talking about?"

"Paul Suvorov He's ainville's hidden laboratory"

Sudden anger flushed Polevoi's face "Damn, not howl"

"He called our New York covert action center from a public telephone in Charleston, South Carolina, and asked for instructions"

Polevoi rose and furiously paced the carpet "Why didn't he call the FBI and ask them for instructions too? Better yet, he could have taken out an advertisement in USA Today"

"Fortunately his superior i the incinent"

"At least so"

"There's ressman Moran with him"