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up. To Kellner, she said, "I'm taking the Shuttle back to New York. I suggest you brief the colonel fully about the Soyuz organization and their anti-Semitic sentiments. He might find it useful in dealing with Grau." |
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When she had gone, Morgan said, "She doesn't seem to hold out much hope about Grau." |
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"She's a realist. She's dealt with Russians and the left for years." |
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"She's ready enough to think the worst of Neville." |
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Kellner showed a wintry smile. "Charlotte is straight-laced Down East stock. It shows in odd ways. The story goes that Anna Neville is everybody's girlfriend. Charlotte doesn't approve." |
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Morgan asked, "Has she ever met her?" |
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Kellner shook his head. He said, "The FBI report names at least six lovers over the last ten years. Jake Neville was a better photographer than a husband. They had 'an open marriage.' In my day it was called 'free love.' Charlotte's an old-fashioned lady." |
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"I see," Morgan said dryly. |
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"Yes, you will. You'll see in the dossiers that Anna Neville was sleeping with Sean McCarthy, the pilot. It is remotely possible that what we have here is an ordinary garden variety love triangle, possibly even an attempted murder that went awry." |
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When Morgan looked doubtful, Kellner shrugged and said, "I said remotely possible." |
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Morgan did not give a damn about Anna Neville's lovers, dead or alive. "Soyuz," he said. "Elaborate." |
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"Indeed. Soyuz, or 'union,' is the name of the group because that's what they are dedicated toreuniting the Russian Empire, or at least the part contiguous to Russia itself," Kellner explained. "Soyuz as a cultural group has been around for years, but when the Soviet Union unraveled and the non-Russian republics declared their independence, the true believers came out of the shadows. They love to dress up in czarist |
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