“Number two is that for reasons which I regarded at the time as specious and insulting, the Americans objected to your husband's presence on that committee not three weeks after it met, and asked me to replace him with somebody more to their liking. Since Magnus was kingpin of the Czecho operation and of several other little shows in Eastern Europe besides, this was a totally unrealistic demand."

I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.

That's Cap'in Blackie! The notorious killah!

Robbie adores it when Heather puts tabasco on food.