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When the guard asked a question, Tibor appeared to say what had been arranged earlier, that they had brought a search dog because one of the labs had reported an intruder When the h-ranking officer that lived in the back of his brain He turned a disdainful look on theelse, but Tibor interrupted hiate and shouted soarian that could only be, “Open up! You’re wasting time!”
The other guard on János’s side had been looking in the back of the van, s at Rerowl, and saw the big shepherd start to bare his teeth, leaning toward the openThe man jerked back, stepped to his post, and activated a circuit toinward
János drove through the gate and kept going up the asphalt road, then s so the van was out of sight of the two guards He stopped and everyone got out Re went first, János and Sam caeant next to his roup, they looked very for sure all wore pressed uniforms, identical sidear off Reave Zoltán a biscuit, patted hiarian, then reached into her leather bag She pulled out the scarf that Albrecht
had lost in his lab and let the dog sniff it Then she said, “Vadászat!” Hunt!
Zoltán began to sniff,back and forth across the paved area between the rows of buildings He seemed to be at a loss at first, but then hein English as they went, her voice barely above a whisper “Co beautiful nose to find Albrecht”
The rest of the group followed at a distance of just a couple yards, giving Re space toat a slow, co from one side to the other, no more interested in one spot than another Sam said, “Has he lost him?”
Re We just have to let him search for another whiff of it”
“Look up there,” said János There was a low rectangular building at the edge of the coh chain-link fence around it with coiled razor wire on top Inside that fence was a second one that had four strands of thinner, tightly strung wire
San in Hungarian “What does that say?”
“Danger Contagious Disease Research Laboratory No Unauthorized Personnel Protective Suits Required at All Times Gate Sets Off Alarm”
“Do you think it’s real?” asked János “If I kidnapped someone, I’d put him in a place like that”
“Bring Zoltán,” Saate He sniffed around dutifully and then moved on
They kept going and then turned a corner, and, as they did, they cauards dressed exactly as they were The twoover their shoulders The one nearest to Saht to shine on their faces
Sasnake to snatch the flashlight out of the man’s hand as he stepped into the ht in the other man’s face
Tibor was as shocked as the two sentries, but he recovered arian, and what he said was not a couards’ dress and deportht and shone it on them as he found fault with their shaves, then tapped one man’s shirt because its buttons did not line up with his belt He didn’t like their shoeshines either Finally he waved therowl