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“I guessed.”
“Did you offer him succor?”
“He seemed very self-sufficient.”
“My advice to you is don’t get too fond of him.”
“Is he going somewhere?”
“Wherever he likes, I suspect.”
“How do you rate his chances against the Russians?”
“He has an edge, since they don’t know how to find him.”
“How do you know they don’t?”
“Because they haven’t. I’m sure we’ll hear about it if they do.”
“Would he be welcome at home?”
“Possibly. That would have to be negotiated.”
“Would you like him to know that, should I hear from him again?”
“You can pass it along, if you like.”
“I will, if I do.”
“Don’t weigh too heavily on his side.”
“I remain neutral. I’m happy to be an honest broker, should you need one.”
“At your usual thousand dollars an hour?”
“Good help doesn’t come cheap, Lance. You can probably find an honest broker for two hundred an hour, but he won’t be honest, and he won’t be a broker.”
“Tell me about it. Oh, something you can pass on, should you hear from him again: Valery Majorov is back in the United States, last sighting yesterday, in New York.”
“I’ll mention that, if I have the opportunity.”
“I’m sure you can find him.”
“He didn’t leave a forwarding address.”
Lance hung up.
Stone checked his phone directory for the day before yesterday. Jack’s calling numbers were blocked.
Joan knocked at Stone’s door. “Got a minute?”
“Sure. Take a pew.”
“Does that mean I’m going to get a sermon?”
“Merely a figure of speech, but you might.”
“I’m going to sell my house.” Joan had inherited major money and real estate from an aunt.
