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"Who was that?"

"One offrom the House of Representatives"

"What did he say?"

"Moran just railroaded through passage of the impeachment vote"

"Then nothing stands between hian said

"He's ood ten hours," said Metcalf

"Hell we can't produce the Vice President by this tioodbye"

GIORDINO FOUND PITT IN IRIS HANGAR, sitting co car, his feet propped sideways on a rear door Giordino couldn't help ad the classic lines of the tourer Italian built in 1925, with coachwork by Cesare Sala, the red torpedo-bodied Isotta-Fraschini sported long, flared fenders, a disappearing top and a coiled cobra on the radiator cap

Pitt was conte a blackboard e nautical chart depicting the entire inland water route was tacked to the outer frame Across the board he had written several notations and what appeared to Giordino as a list of ships

"I've just come from the admiral's office," Giordino said

"What's the latest?" Pitt asked, his eyes never leaving the blackboard

"The joint Chiefs of Staff have thrown the arents from the FBI and CIA, they should be able to cover every inch of shoreline by to"

"On the ground, by the sea and in the air," Pitt murmured uninterestedly "From Maine to Florida"

"Why the sour grapes?"

"A dae isn't there," Pitt said, flipping a piece of chalk in the air