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Outside it was still raining and the terees The cold washed over thes; they were back where they’d started Ahead, across the plaza, lay the red-roofed outbuildings His progress uard was a hundred yards away and heading toward the reception area

“Had enough prowling for one night?” Sam asked Remi

“And then so you as I do, I’ left in our future”

“Safe bet”

Together they stepped out into the rain

CHAPTER 33

GRAND HÔTEL BEAUVAU

An hour later, freshly showered and enjoying their second room-service Bombay Sapphire Gibson, Sam and Remi sat on their balcony and looked out over the Vieux Port The lights of the city reflected off the water’s surface in a mosaic of red, yellow, and blue that slowly rippled with the falling rain In the distance they could hear theof a buoy

The phone trilled Saot back to the hotel he had called Haywood, given hiht’s events, and asked him to call back

Sam closed the balcony door, then answered and put the phone on speaker “Rube, please tell us Kholkov and his merry band are in custody”

“Sorry, no The French DCPJ can’t find them”

“Wish I could say I was surprised”

“Me, too Ready to quit and come home now?

“Not on your life”

“Remi?”