Chapter 32

           OnthatsamenightinMadridthereweremanypeopleattheHotelGaylord.Acarpulledupundertheporte-cochereofthehotel,itsheadlightspaintedoverwithbluecalcimineandalittlemaninblackridingboots,grayridingbreechesandashort,grayhigh-buttonedjacketsteppedoutandreturnedthesaluteofthetwosentriesasheopenedthedoor,noddedtothesecretpolicemanwhosatattheconcierge’sdeskandsteppedintotheelevator.Thereweretwosentriesseatedonchairsinsidethedoor,oneoneachsideofthemarbleentrancehall,andtheseonlylookedupasthelittlemanpassedthematthedooroftheelevator.Itwastheirbusinesstofeeleveryonetheydidnotknowalongtheflanks,underthearmpits,andoverthehippocketstoseeifthepersonenteringcarriedapistoland,ifhedid,havehimcheckitwiththeconcierge.Buttheyknewtheshortmaninridingbootsverywellandtheyhardlylookedupashepassed.

           TheapartmentwherehelivedinGaylord’swascrowdedasheentered.Peopleweresittingandstandingaboutandtalkingtogetherasinanydrawingroomandthemenandthewomenweredrinkingvodka,whiskeyandsoda,andbeerfromsmallglassesfilledfromgreatpitchers.Fourofthemenwereinuniform.Theothersworewindbreakersorleatherjacketsandthreeofthefourwomenweredressedinordinarystreetdresseswhilethefourth,whowashaggardlythinanddark,woreasortofseverelycutmilitiawoman’suniformwithaskirtwithhighbootsunderit.

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