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"Kunghit Island? Then I can kill two stones with one bird"

"You're just full of pathetic clichés this "

"What does the yacht look like?"

"Unlike any boat you've ever seen before Strictly a space-age design"

"I'll keep an eye out for it," Pitt promised

"I know it's a waste of breath saying this," Giordino said cynically, "but stay out of trouble"

"I'll wire if I needup, thankful that he had a caring friend like Albert Cassius Giordino

After landing and renting a car, Pitt took the bridge across the Rideau River into Ottawa, the Canadian capital city The weather was colder than the inside of a refrigerator, and the landscape appeared ugly and barren without leaves on the trees The only havens of color that sprang froround were scattered stands of green pines He glanced over the railing at the river below

The river, which ran into the Ottawa River and thence to theof ice Canada was an incredibly beautiful country, thought Pitt, but its harsh winters should be sent far to the north, never to return

As he drove across the bridge over the Ottawa River and into the slanced at his roup of three upscale buildings that housed several govern for was Environovernency in Washington

A security guard at a gatehous

e gave hih Pitt slipped the car into a slot in the visitors' parking lot and entered the building A quick glance at the building directory, and he was into the elevator and on his way up to Environment Canada's offices

A receptionist nearing retirement looked up and forced a thin smile "May I help you?"

"My name is Pitt I have an appointment with Mr Edward Posey"

"One moment" She dialed a number, announced his arrival and then nodded "Please take the hallway down to the doorway at the end"