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.Delchamps about the seize-the-shipsop. How did you manage that, Corporal Bradley? You were not supposed to belistening. I was listening to hear what you were going to say about me going back to theCorps. Well, the DCI and Lammelle might have trouble believing you and me, Ace, butall they would have to do is look at the pride of the Marine Corps honestface and know he is incapable of not telling the truth, Delchamps said. I can probably lie as well as any of you, Bradley said, indignantly. And probably a lot better than me, Lester, Castillo said. I say that in allmodesty. So what do we do now? Yung asked. May I suggest we think that over carefully before charging off in alldirections? Delchamps said. Wind up the rubber bands, Ace, and get this showon the road.[TWO]Forty-five minutes later, as the altimeter slowly unwound past 5,000 feet,what had been the dull glow of the lights of Montevideo suddenly became thedefined lights of the apartment houses along the Rambla and the headlights ofcars driving along it. There it is, Lester! Castillo cried in mock excitement. Montevideo! Justwhere it s supposed to be.Will miracles never cease? So the data on the GPS indicates, sir, Bradley said, very seriously,pointing to the screen of the laptop.Castillo looked.The representation of an automobile was now moving over theRiver Plate parallel to the Rambla.What the hell am I going to do with you, Lester?I can t send you back to the Marine Corps.Not only do you know too much, but after everything you ve been through,you re not going to be happy as a corporal pushing keys on a computer. And now if you will excuse me, Lester, I will talk to the nice man in thetower, after which I will see if I can get this aged bird on the ground in onepiece.Page 249ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html Yes, sir.Castillo reached for the microphone. Carrasco approach control, Aero Commander Four Three& Five minutes later, as they turned off the Carrasco runway, Bradley said, There s Chief Inspector Ordóñez, sir, and pointed.Castillo looked.Ordóñez was leaning against the nose of a helicopter sitting on the tarmacbefore the civil aviation terminal.I wonder what he wants?That s one of the old and battered police Hueys I am about to replace forhim.But that s an Aerospatiale Dauphin parked next to it.I thought he said there was only one of those, and that it belonged to thepresident.What the hell is going on?And how the hell did he know we were going to be here?Ordóñez was standing outside the Aero Commander when Castillo opened the cabindoor. There has been a development, Colonel, he said without any preliminaries. And how are you, Chief Inspector Ordóñez? Castillo said.Ordóñez ignored the greeting. Would you be surprised to hear that your secretary of State has evinced aninterest in the welfare of Ambassador Lorimer and his wife? No.I wouldn t. I thought so.  I thought so what? That you were behind what has happened.What s it all about? I don t likebeing pressured. Would you be surprised to hear I have no idea what you re talking about?Max exited the airplane and made for the nose gear.Delchamps, Yung, andBradley got out and looked at Ordóñez. I d heard you d left the estancia, Ordóñez said to Yung. By car, in themiddle of the night, and had gone to Argentina.Which means he has people watching Shangri-La.Why not?Is that what s got him pissed off? I wasn t aware he needed your permission to do anything, Castillo said. It was not in connection with your secretary of State? Is that what you resaying? No, it was not. Then what? In my experience, Ordóñez, Castillo said,  when someone in your frame ofmind to use the Norteamericano phrase,  highly pissed off  asks a question, heusually thinks he has the answer and is not interested in yours, even if yourshappens to be the truth.Would I be wasting my breath, in other words? I suggest you try answering and we ll find out, Ordóñez said.Okay, bluff called.When in doubt, tell the truth. Okay, Castillo said. We have reason to believe Yung found out that the CIAstation chief in Asunción is dirty.Ninety percent certainty.He went toArgentina to tell Delchamps and me, if he could find me.Ordóñez looked at him very closely [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]