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He walked up to the table and used the French he’d learned growing up near New Orleans

“Pardonnez-moi,” he said “En aurez-vous bientôt fini avec cette table?”

Pardon me Will you be done with this table soon?

As he’d expected, the three people with Belasco looked at hient spoke French She responded, “There are plenty of free tables around us, monsieur”

She switched back fro They all looked at him like he was a moron

“I know,” he continued in French, “but this is rew up, a se outside of Chamonix”

“A se outside of Chamonix” was her blown cover code She sed her ice creahtly

“It does?”

He nodded with a serious expression to let her know that she’d heard correctly “While I wait for the table, I’ll browse the gift shop on the other side of the deck I want so that reminds me of this place when I leave À bientôt”

See you soon

He sroup, then turned and walked away, certain that she understood the e

Two minutes later, as he scanned the postcards, she sidled up beside hi the other direction

“I only have a few minutes,” Belasco said “I told the before I went back down”

“You can’t,” MacD said “Your cover is blown They’ll get a text at any ht not even wait to get into the cable car before they kill you”

“And you are?”